Hepatic mucormycosis mimicking hilar cholangiocarcinoma: A case report and literature review

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1039-1042

  Li, Ke Wei ^a   Wen, Tian Fu ^a   Li, Gan Di ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Hilar cholangiocarcinoma; Liver; Mucormycosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MUCORALES; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77649251538     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.1039     Document Type: Article

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