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Tuberculous abscess of the pancreas

Case report and review of the literature

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania sylvania Ave. N.W., 20037, Washington, D.C.

    Robert Levine MD, Scott Tenner MD, William Steinberg MD, Allen Ginsberg MD, Marie Borum MD & Diane Huntington MD

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Levine, R., Tenner, S., Steinberg, W. et al. Tuberculous abscess of the pancreas. Digest Dis Sci 37, 1141–1144 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01300301

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