Obstructive jaundice and hematemesis: Two cases with unusual presentations of intra-abdominal tuberculosis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-261

  Jazet, Ingrid M ^a   Perk, Lars ^a   De Roos, Albert ^a   Bolk, Jan H ^a   Arend, Sandra M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Extrapulmonary TB; Jaundice; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RETROPERITONEUM;

EID: 3543127199     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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