Tuberculosis and the pancreas: A diagnostic challenge solved by endoscopic ultrasound. A case series

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-107

  Chatterjee, Suvadip ^a   Schmid, Matthias L ^b   Anderson, Kirsty ^a   Oppong, Kof W ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Victoria Infrmary ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Pancreatic tuberculosis; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC DISCOMFORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATIC TUBERCULOSIS; REPEAT PROCEDURE; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84858835567     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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