Duodenal tuberculosis mimicking superior mesenteric artery syndrome
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Duodenal tuberculosis mimicking superior mesenteric artery syndrome
Abdominal tuberculosis is the sixth most common site of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. 1 TB may affect any portion of the GI tract however, in 85% of cases ileocecal region is affected whereas gastroduodenal region is involve only 0.3-2.3% of TB cases of abdominal TB. 2 When gastroduodenal TB is seen without any other lesion of TB in body it is known as primary gastroduodenal TB, which is very r...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20163636