Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis masquerading as pancreatic cancer
| Autor: | Thazhath Mavali Ramachandran, Sandesh Kolassery, George Sarin Zacharia, Rajany Antony |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Tuberculosis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry pancreatic cancer Gastroenterology Case Reports Disease medicine.disease Pancreatic tuberculosis pancreatic tuberculosis Pancreatic cancer Internal medicine Biopsy medicine Pancreatic mass Neoplasm Portal hypertension business endoscopic ultrasonography |
| Zdroj: | Gastroenterology Report |
| ISSN: | 2052-0034 |
| Popis: | Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) remains a rarity despite the high incidence of tuberculosis in many of the African and Asian countries. Presentation as discrete pancreatic mass often masquerades as pancreatic neoplasm and diagnosis may require histology. Extra-hepatic portal hypertension due to splenic vein thrombosis complicating pancreatic TB has been reported in the literature. We report here a case of isolated pancreatic TB with pancreatic head mass mimicking neoplasm with extra-hepatic portal hypertension. The possibility of TB should be considered in the list of differential diagnoses of pancreatic mass and an endoscopic, ultrasound-guided biopsy might help to clinch the diagnosis of this potentially curable disease. |
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