First Report of an Association Between Crohn's Disease and Isolated Splenic Tuberculosis in Pediatric Population.
Isolated splenic tuberculosis (TB) in children is extremely rare, and congenital or acquired immunodeficiency is usually a predisposing factor for this disease. Herein, we report a case of isolated splenic TB in a 5.5-year-old child associated with Crohn's disease. As far as we are aware, this assoc...
| Publicado en: | Middle East Journal of Digestive Diseases Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 349 - 354 |
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| Formato: | case study diagnostic images pictorial Journal Article |
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Iranian Association of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Jul2022
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