Tuberculosis of gall-bladder mimicking malignancy – a case report
Journal Title: Polish Journal of Surgery - Year 2016, Vol 88, Issue 5
Abstract
A correct preoperative diagnosis of gall-bladder tuberculosis is exceptionally unusual in the absence of pathognomic features both on clinical presentation and on imaging. Herein we present a case of 50 year female who was operated with a provisional diagnosis of gall-bladder malignancy and was found to have tuberculosis of gall-bladder on histopathology
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Divya Dahiya, Lileswar Kaman, Jayapal Rajendran, Mandeep Garg
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- DOI 10.1515/pjs-2016-0066
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