Tuberculosis masquerading as malignancy: A multimodality approach to the correct diagnosis - A case report

International Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Amukotuwa, Shalini ^a   Choong, Peter F M ^a   Smith, Peter J ^a   Powell, Gerard J ^a   Slavin, John ^a   Schlicht, Stephen M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROPERITONEUM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 27344443559     PISSN: 14777800     EISSN: 14777800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7800-2-10     Document Type: Article

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