Biliary tuberculosis causing cicatricial stenosis after oral anti-tuberculosis therapy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 4914-4917

  Iwai, Tomohisa ^a   Kida, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kida, Yoshiki ^a   Shikama, Nobuaki ^a   Shibuya, Akitaka ^a   Saigenji, Katsunori ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biliary tuberculosis; Cicatricial stenosis; Obstructive jaundice; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HEPATIC DUCT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER HILUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLERA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE COLOR;

EID: 33748323480     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i30.4914     Document Type: Article

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