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Young Male Presenting with an Acute Diarrheal Illness with Unexplained Transudative Ascites: An Atyp...

Young Male Presenting with an Acute Diarrheal Illness with Unexplained Transudative Ascites: An Atyp...

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Young Male Presenting with an Acute Diarrheal Illness with Unexplained Transudative Ascites: An Atypical Presentation of Appendicular Tuberculosis

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Full title

Young Male Presenting with an Acute Diarrheal Illness with Unexplained Transudative Ascites: An Atypical Presentation of Appendicular Tuberculosis

Publisher

Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Journal title

Case reports in infectious diseases, 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-5

Language

English

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Publisher

Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Introduction. Appendicular tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis involving the gastrointestinal tract. Diagnosis of appendicular tuberculosis is difficult due to its atypical presentation. Histological confirmation remains the gold standard in diagnosis. Case Presentation. We report a 37-year-old Sri Lankan male presenting with...

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Full title

Young Male Presenting with an Acute Diarrheal Illness with Unexplained Transudative Ascites: An Atypical Presentation of Appendicular Tuberculosis

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2428417661

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2428417661

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ISSN

2090-6625

E-ISSN

2090-6633

DOI

10.1155/2020/8835081

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