Typhoid fever as a rare cause of hepatic, splenic, and bone marrow granulomas
Internal Medicine, cilt.43, sa.5, ss.436-439, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.436
- Dergi Adı: Internal Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.436-439
- Anahtar Kelimeler: typhoid fever, granuloma, liver, spleen, bone marrow
- İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
During the course of typhoid fever, the usual histologic finding of the liver is "nonspecific reactive hepatitis." Hepatic granuloma (HG) is a rare complication of typhoid fever. We present two cases of typhoid fever with HG and review the relevant literature. Case 1 (a 53-year-old female) was found to have both hepatic and splenic granulomas. This is the first case of typhoid fever with splenic granulomas in the English language literature. Case 2 (a 66-year-old male) developed granulomas in the bone marrow in addition to HG. It should be considered that typhoid fever may lead to granulomas in several organs.