TY - JOUR T1 - Isolated Tuberculous Liver Abscess in a Patient With Asymptomatic Stage I Sarcoidosis JF - Respiratory Care SP - 1751 LP - 1753 VL - 55 IS - 12 AU - Supriya Sarkar AU - Kaushik Saha AU - Chandra Shekhar Das Y1 - 2010/12/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/55/12/1751.abstract N2 - 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. ER -