Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking focal pancreatitis and causing segmental portal hypertension

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-395

  Rana, Surinder S ^a   Bhasin, Deepak K ^a   Rao, Chalapathi ^a   Singh, Kartar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Endosonography; Pancreas; Tomography; Tuberculosis; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATIC TUBERCULOSIS; PANCREATITIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SPLENIC VEIN; TUBERCULOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77954782029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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