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Tuberculous Appendicitis
Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is quite rare, representing only 3% of all extrapulmonary cases. Involvement of the appendix is rare, only occurring in about 1% of cases. It is usually secondary to tuberculosis elsewhere in the abdomen. A prompt diagnosis depends on a high index of suspicion as clinic...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3133990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21727739 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.82587 |