Intra-abdominal tuberculosis presenting with acute pancreatitis: Diagnosis by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-251

  Netherland, Nicholas A ^a   Chen, Victor K ^a   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosonography; Fine needle biopsy; Pancreatitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 33644891918     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3119-x     Document Type: Article

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