Hepatic tuberculosis mimicking Klatskin tumor: A diagnostic dilemma

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 382-385

  Arora, Raman ^a   Sharma, Alok ^a   Bhowate, Prashant ^a   Bansal, Vijender ^a   Guleria, Sandeep ^a   Dinda, Amit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Hepatic tuberculosis; Klatskin tumor

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLATSKIN TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER HILUS; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KLATSKIN'S TUMOR; LIVER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50149101600     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.42517     Document Type: Article

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