Differentiating between abdominal tuberculous lymphadenopathy and lymphoma using multidetector computed tomography (mdct)

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1175-1182

  Pongpornsup, Sopa ^a   Eksamutchai, Pannipa ^a   Teerasamit, Wanwarang ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Lymphoma; Multidetector computed tomography; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BODY REGIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTESTINE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERITONEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 84884137867     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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