Tuberculosis of the Common Bile Duct

The intrahepatic biliary tree can occasionally be infected by Mycobacteriurn tuberculosis, but tuberculosis of the common bile duct has not previously been reported. A 38-year-old man with obstructive jaundice, who was originally thought to have cholangiocarcinoma associated with opisthorchiasis (a...

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Autores principales: Ratanarapee, Samrerng, Pausawasdi, Arun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1991
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442990/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2043518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1991/42843
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author Ratanarapee, Samrerng
Pausawasdi, Arun
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description The intrahepatic biliary tree can occasionally be infected by Mycobacteriurn tuberculosis, but tuberculosis of the common bile duct has not previously been reported. A 38-year-old man with obstructive jaundice, who was originally thought to have cholangiocarcinoma associated with opisthorchiasis (a common combination in Thailand), was finally proved to have tuberculosis of the common bile duct with adjacent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Following T-tube drainage and antitubercular therapy, he made a complete recovery. The importance of a tissue diagnosis in all cases of obstructive jaundice is emphasized to avoid missing rare but curable diseases.
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spelling pubmed-24429902008-07-08 Tuberculosis of the Common Bile Duct Ratanarapee, Samrerng Pausawasdi, Arun HPB Surg Research Article The intrahepatic biliary tree can occasionally be infected by Mycobacteriurn tuberculosis, but tuberculosis of the common bile duct has not previously been reported. A 38-year-old man with obstructive jaundice, who was originally thought to have cholangiocarcinoma associated with opisthorchiasis (a common combination in Thailand), was finally proved to have tuberculosis of the common bile duct with adjacent tuberculous lymphadenitis. Following T-tube drainage and antitubercular therapy, he made a complete recovery. The importance of a tissue diagnosis in all cases of obstructive jaundice is emphasized to avoid missing rare but curable diseases. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1991 /pmc/articles/PMC2442990/ /pubmed/2043518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1991/42843 Text en Copyright © 1991 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Tuberculosis of the Common Bile Duct
title_full Tuberculosis of the Common Bile Duct
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title_short Tuberculosis of the Common Bile Duct
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442990/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1991/42843
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