Pancreatic tuberculosis in non-immunocompromised patients: Reports of two cases, and a literature review

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 973-976

  Ladas, Spiros D ^a,b   Vaidakis, Emmanuel ^a   Lariou, Constantina ^b   Anastasiou, Konstantinos ^a   Chalevelakis, Georgios ^a   Kintzonidis, Dimitrios ^b   Raptis, Sotirios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Duodenal stricture; Duodenal ulcer; Pancreas; Pancreatic abscess; Pancreatic carcinoma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031774088     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199811000-00013     Document Type: Article

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