Oesophageal tuberculosis mimicking oesophageal carcinoma

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 473-476

  Leung, V K S ^a   Chan, W H ^a   Chow, T L ^a   Luk, I S C ^a   Chau, T N ^a   Loke, T K L ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Esophageal diseases; Tuberculosis, lymph node

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFATER; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA THICKENING; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33845615959     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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