Unusual miliary tuberculosis presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy and abdominal involvement

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 474-476

  Koylu R ^a   Tozkoparan, E ^a   Pabuscu Y ^a   Ciftci F ^a   Bilgic H ^a   Seber, O ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal tuberculosis; Lymphadenopathy; Miliary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NECK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; NECK; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 0031240980     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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