PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Supriya Sarkar AU - Kaushik Saha AU - Chandra Shekhar Das TI - Isolated Tuberculous Liver Abscess in a Patient With Asymptomatic Stage I Sarcoidosis DP - 2010 Dec 01 TA - Respiratory Care PG - 1751--1753 VI - 55 IP - 12 4099 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/55/12/1751.short 4100 - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/55/12/1751.full AB - Sarcoidosis is a multi-system disorder characterized by non-caseating granulomas. Depressed cellular immunity predisposes patients to infections with certain intracellular organisms, mostly fungi, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Nocardia species. Isolated liver tuberculosis is a rare condition, and atypical clinical presentation challenges the clinical acumen of the treating physician. Liver sarcoidosis is usually unsuspected and confused with primary or metastatic liver carcinoma. We describe a case of isolated tuberculous liver abscess without pulmonary spread in a patient with asymptomatic stage I sarcoidosis.