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Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis with elevated CA 19-9 levels masquerading as a malignancy: A rare case report and literature review

RATIONALE: Primary pancreatic tuberculosis is extremely rare, it presents with non-specific clinical symptoms and imaging features; it may be falsely identified as a malignancy of the pancreas. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 41-year-old male with no history of tuberculosis presented to our hospital with a 2-we...

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Autores principales: Sun, Pi-Jiang, Lin, Yan, Cui, Xi-Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6314711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30593188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013858