A 34-year-old man with ulcerative colitis and a large perirectal mass
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A rare case of a simultaneous occurrence of a perirectal abscess and ulcerative colitis in a 34-year-old man is presented. The case is clinically determined as a combination of rectal carcinoma and a perirectal abscess and fistula whereas anatomical and pathological examinations reveal that it is a neuroendocrine carcinoma of the rectum associated with ulcerative colitis.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2000
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Case 8-2004: A 28-year-old man with abdominal pain, fever, and a mass in the region of the pancreas
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A case study of a twenty eight year old man who was hospitalized in the U.S. because of fever and abdominal pain and whose anatomical diagnosis reported tuberculosis lymphadenitis is presented. The case showed that the reported cases of pancreatic tuberculosis might actually represent cases of tuberculosis in the peripancreatic lymph nodes.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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Case 3-2006: A 63-year-old man with jaundice and pancreatic mass
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A case study of 63-year old woman who was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of a pancreatic mass is presented. The diagnosis of pancreatic tuberculosis usually requires pathological examination of tissue from the pancreas or peripancreatic lymph nodes.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2006
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