Tuberculous lymphadenitis as a cause of obstructive jaundice: A case report and literature review

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3098-3100

  Colovic, Radoje ^a   Grubor, Nikica ^a   Jesic, Rada ^a   Micev, Marjan ^a   Jovanovic, Tanja ^b   Colovic, Natasa ^a   Atkinson, Henry Dushan ^c  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Serbia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common bile duct stricture; Obstructive jaundice; Roux en Y; Surgical excision; Tuberculous lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLEDOCHOTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STENOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALAISE; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 48049093943     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3098     Document Type: Article

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