Diagnostic difficulties in peripancreatic tuberculous lymphadenitis: A case report

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-139

  Ilhan, Enver ^a,c   Erkan, Nazif ^a   Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Polat, Alper F ^a   Çirak, Kadri ^b   Sezgin, Arsenal ^a  

^a SSK Izmir Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Chest Diseases and Surgery Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Peripancreatic lymph node; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; ULTRASOUND; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34147163400     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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