Pancreatic and peripancreatic tuberculosis mimicking malignancy

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-205

  Foo, Fung J ^a   Verbeke, Caroline S ^a   Guthrie, James A ^a   Ala, Aftab ^b   Menon, Krishna V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Neoplasms; Pancreas; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREAS TUMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 34047117907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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