Gastric tuberculosis presenting as linitis plastica: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-303

  Talukdar, Rupjyoti ^a   Khanna, Sudeep ^a   Saikia, Nripen ^a   Vij, Jagdish Chandra ^a  

^a Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Gastric tuberculosis; Linitis plastica

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMIA; LINITIS PLASTICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA LESION; STOMACH TUBERCULOSIS; STOMACH WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; LINITIS PLASTICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 33644606355     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200603000-00013     Document Type: Article

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