Abdominal pain and swelling as an initial presentation of spinal tuberculosis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Elgendy, Akram Y ^a   Mahmoud, Ahmed ^b   Elgendy, Islam Y ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWEATING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VERTEBRA;

EID: 84897134515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202550     Document Type: Article

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