Abdominal tuberculosis in a child presenting with radiological evidence of pneumatosis intestinalis and portal venous gas

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 628-632

  Alp, Handan ^a   Orbak, Zerrin ^a   Sepetcigil, Oguzhan ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^a   Kartal, Ibrahim ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Case studies; Child; Pneumatosis intestinalis; Tuberculosis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TURKEY;

EID: 79952203298     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i6.6612     Document Type: Article

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