EC Paediatrics

Splenic tuberculosis is one of the rare aspects of hematopoietic tuberculosis, often associated with other sites, or with an immune deficiency. We report the case of a 6-year-old girl, immunocompetent, who presented for febrile left hypochondrial pain where the paraclinical biological and radiological assessment did not allow an accurate diagnosis, without any pulmonary involvement or a primary focus. Diagnostic confirmation was established by histological study by performing a splenectomy.

 Keywords: Splenic Tuberculosis; Splenectomy; Immunocompetent Child

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