Ultrasound diagnosis of 'dry type' ileocecal tuberculosis: A case report

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1033-1036

  Ab Del Bagi, Mohamed E ^a   Al Karawi, Mohamed A ^a  

^a Armed Forces Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coned cecum; Ileocaecal tuberculosis; Ileocecal ultrasound

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILEUM; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CECAL DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0030741262     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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