Table 4 Diagnostic findings in hepatic TB case series
Lead author | N | Imaging | Liver biopsy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Year) | Â | ABN CXR (%) | ABN ABD US (%) | ABN ABD CT (%) | AFB+ smear (%) | Caseating granulomas (%) | PCR+ (%) |
Hersch (1964) [32] | 143 | ND | ND | ND | 31 (11/35) | 62 (89/143) | ND |
Alvarez (1983) [29] | 130 | 65 (83/128) | 100 (16/16) | ND | 7 (2/30) | 68 (48/71) | ND |
Essop (1984) [18] | 96 | 75 (72/96) | ND | ND | 9 (9/96) | 83 (80/96) | ND |
Maharaj (1987) [20] | 41 | 78 (32/41) | 6 (1/18) | ND | 59 (24/41) | 51 (21/41) | ND |
Chien (1994) [2] | 22 | ND | ND | ND | 18 (4/22) | 86 (19/22) | ND |
Kok (1999) [44] | 5 | 0 (0/5) | 100 (5/5) | 100 (4/4) | ND | ND | ND |
Huang (2003) [49] | 5 | 20 (1/5) | 40 (2/5) | 40 (2/5) | 20 (1/5) | 80 (4/5) | 100 (5/5) |
Vilaichone (2004) [45] | 20 | ND | 61 (11/18)& | ND | 30 (6/20) | 45 (9/20) | 86 (12/14) |
Yu (2004) [60] | 12 | 17 (2/12) | 25 (2/8) | 100 (12/12) | ND | ND | ND |
Desai (2006) [14] | 7 | 0 (0/7) | 100 (7/7) | 100 (2/2) | 43 (3/7) | 14 (1/7) | ND |
Amarakpurkar (2008) [76] | 38 | ND | 79 (30/38) | 88 (15/17)& | 54 (21/39) | 78 (18/23) | 97 (28/29) |
Tai (2008) [19] | 10 | ND | 89 (8/9) | 86 (6/7) | 20 (2/10) | 100 (10/10) | 30 (3/10) |
Hwang (2009) [50] | 12 | ND | ND | 56 (5/9) | 33 (2/6) | ND | 75 (3/4) |
Gounder (2012) [30] | 20 | 88 (15/17) | 73 (11/15) | ND | 0 (0/14) | 45 (9/20)# | ND |
Median (Range) |  | 42.5 (0–88) | 76 (6–100) | 88 (40–100) | 25 (0–59) | 68 (14–100) | 86 (30–100) |