Esophageal tuberculosis: EUS FNA diagnosis of uncommon presentation as a cystic lesion.

Diagn Cytopathol

Department of Cytopathology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, India.

Published: April 2012

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