Pancreatic tuberculosis: An elusive diagnosis

HPB

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-45

  Pramesh, C S ^a   Heroor, A A ^a   Gupta, S G ^a   Krishnamurthy, S ^a   Shukla, P J ^a   Jagannath, P ^a   DeSouza, L J ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Pancreas; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037268123     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820310003557     Document Type: Article

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