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Review Typhoid fever as a rare cause of hepatic, splenic, and bone marrow granulomas. free! 2004
Mert A, Tabak F, Ozaras R, Ozturk R, Aki H, Aktuglu Y. · Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Istanbul, 34303 Aksaray, Istanbul, Turkey. · Intern Med. · Pubmed #15206561 links to free full text
Abstract: 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.
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