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Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer 1/2013

01-03-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis Mimicking Malignancy and Causing Obstructive Jaundice

Authors: Fuat Ozkan, Ertan Bulbuloglu, Mehmet Fatih Inci, Hamide Sayar, Hasan Kahraman, Murvet Yuksel

Published in: Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer | Issue 1/2013

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Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) is unusual, but obstructive jaundice secondary to pancreaticobiliary TB is extremely rare. The mechanisms by which tuberculosis causes bile duct obstruction are varied. Here, we describe a patient with pancreatic tuberculosis which mimicked pancreatic carcinoma with biliary obstruction clinically–radiologically. …
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Metadata
Title
Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis Mimicking Malignancy and Causing Obstructive Jaundice
Authors
Fuat Ozkan
Ertan Bulbuloglu
Mehmet Fatih Inci
Hamide Sayar
Hasan Kahraman
Murvet Yuksel
Publication date
01-03-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 1941-6628
Electronic ISSN: 1941-6636
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-012-9374-5

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