Pancreatic and splenic blastomycosis in an immune-competent woman diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration

Endoscopy 2007; 39: E272-E273
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966614

Unusual cases and technical notes

J. C. Deutsch¹ , T. L. Burke² , T. C. Nelson³

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Cancer Center, St Mary’s Duluth Clinic, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
²Department of Infectious Diseases, St Mary’s Duluth Clinic, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
³Department of Pathology, St Mary’s Duluth Clinic, Duluth, Minnesota, USA

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