Pancreatic tuberculosis masquerading as pancreatic serous cystadenoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1010-1013

  Hong, Seung Goun ^a   Kim, Jae Seon ^a   Joo, Moon Kyung ^a   Lee, Kwang Gyun ^a   Kim, Key Hyeon ^a   Oh, Cho Rong ^a   Park, Jong Jae ^a   Bak, Young Tae ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cystadenoma; Pancreas; Serous neoplasm; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS SEROUS CYSTADENOMA; PANCREAS TUBERCULOSIS; PANCREAS TUMOR; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; CALCINOSIS; CYSTADENOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CALCINOSIS; CYSTADENOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 65649122976     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1010     Document Type: Article

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