Abdominal tuberculosis with pancreatic involvement: A case report

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 283-287

  Panzuto, F ^a   D'Amato, A ^a   Laghi, A ^a   Cadau, G ^a   D'Ambra, G ^a   Aguzzi, D ^a   Iannaccone, R ^a   Montesani, C ^a   Caprilli, R ^a   Delle Fave, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUBERCULOSIS; RARE DISEASE; STAINING; TISSUE NECROSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0042308429     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00066-5     Document Type: Article

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