Co-existence of spontaneous splenic rupture and tuberculosis of the spleen

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1588-1590

  Safioleas, Michael C ^a   Stamatakos, Michael C ^a   Safioleas, Constantin M ^a   Diab, Ahmad I ^a   Agapitos, Emmanuel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; LACTONE; ROFECOXIB; SULFONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER BLEEDING; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; DRUG COMBINATION; RUPTURE;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LACTONES; MALE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SULFONES; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 36049024834     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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