Tuberculosis masquerading as malignancy: a multimodality approach to the correct diagnosis – a case report

BACKGROUND: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is one of the great mimickers of medicine, and often masquerades as malignancy. As a result, patients may be referred to oncologists and surgeons for further evaluation and management, delaying the institution of appropriate anti-tuberculous drug therapy. CASE...

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Autores principales: Amukotuwa, Shalini, Choong, Peter FM, Smith, Peter J, Powell, Gerard J, Slavin, John, Schlicht, Stephen M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1131917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15877821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-2-10

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1131917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15877821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-2-10

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