Image of the month. Pancreatic tuberculosis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus: a rare diagnosis.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

Published: July 2009

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