Hepatic lesions in an elderly woman - Cancer isn't always the Answer

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-41

  Zayer, S ^a   Koberstein, B ^a   Pohle, T ^a  

^a Academic Teaching Hospital Herford   (Germany)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; metastases; TBC

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRANULOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REMISSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC;

EID: 78651383687     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1245695     Document Type: Article

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