An HIV-positive Case of Obstructive Jaundice Caused by Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome of Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Successfully Treated with Corticosteroids

A 60-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of a persistent fever with enlargement of multiple lymph nodes in the mediastinum and around the pancreatic head. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection. We started antiretroviral therapy three weeks after...

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Published in:Intern Med
Main Authors: Watanabe, Naoaki, Sato, Ryota, Nagai, Hideaki, Matsui, Hirotoshi, Yamane, Akira, Kawashima, Masahiro, Suzuki, Junko, Tashimo, Hiroyuki, Ohshima, Nobuharu, Masuda, Kimihiko, Tamura, Atsuhisa, Akagawa, Shinobu, Hebisawa, Akira, Ohta, Ken
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5658536/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28883243
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.8713-16
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