PRIMARY BILIARY TUBERCULOSIS MIMICKING A KLATSKIN TUMOR: RARE CAUSE OF OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE
| Main Author: | Abderrahim Samlali , Said Boussaidane , Asma Hamri , Youssef Narjis and Ridouan Benelkhaiat Benomar |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4431786 |
Daftar Isi:
- Biliary tuberculosis is a very rare disease especially in its isolated form that can present with an obstructive jaundice mimicking other non-infectious causes such as cholangiocarcinoma. It poses difficulty in diagnosis and often requiressurgical intervention to exclude underlying malignancy. Here we report a case of obstructive jaundice which was initially thought to be due to a cholangiocarcinoma but postoperatively it was found to be tuberculosis.