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Mohamed Chablou1, Rachid Jabi1, Ahmed Id M'barek2
1General Surgery, Mohammed VI University Hospital/Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Oujda, Mohammed First University of Oujda, Oujda, MAR.
Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Despite early diagnosis and improvements in medical science, the incidence of the disease is still a major public health problem in developing countries. Splenic tuberculosis is quite rare and occurs mostly as a part of miliary tuberculosis in individuals with immunosuppression. Isolated splenic tuberculosis is extremely rare in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of an immunocompetent man with isolated splenic tuberculosis.
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