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Periportal tuberculous adenitis: A rare cause of obstructive jaundice

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A patient with a clinical history of pulmonary tuberculosis presented with obstructive jaundice. Compression of the extrahepatic bile ducts was caused by calcified lymph nodes secondary to tuberculous adenitis of the porta hepatis. The role of radiologic methods in the diagnosis and management of this unusual complication is discussed.

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  1. Department of Radiology Division of Gastroenterology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

    John H. Stanley M.D.

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

    Paul L. Yantis & William H. Marsh

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Stanley, J.H., Yantis, P.L. & Marsh, W.H. Periportal tuberculous adenitis: A rare cause of obstructive jaundice. Gastrointest Radiol 9, 227–229 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887840

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