Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma

We report a rare case of obstructive jaundice caused by a tuberculous abscess in the head of pancreas, mimicking carcinoma. The case was successfully treated by pylorus-preserving proximal pancreatoduodenectomy and antituberculous drugs.

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Autores principales: Watanapa, P., Vathanopas, V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1992
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1510893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1992/79652
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spelling pubmed-24429532008-07-08 Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma Watanapa, P. Vathanopas, V. HPB Surg Research Article We report a rare case of obstructive jaundice caused by a tuberculous abscess in the head of pancreas, mimicking carcinoma. The case was successfully treated by pylorus-preserving proximal pancreatoduodenectomy and antituberculous drugs. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1992 /pmc/articles/PMC2442953/ /pubmed/1510893 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1992/79652 Text en Copyright © 1992 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma
title Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma
title_full Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma
title_fullStr Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma
title_short Tuberculous Pancreatic Abscess: A Rare Condition Mimicking Carcinoma
title_sort tuberculous pancreatic abscess: a rare condition mimicking carcinoma
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2442953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1510893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1992/79652
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