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A Rare Case of Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis

Pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) is a rare but important entity to consider when evaluating a pancreatic mass, especially in patients from endemic areas. Its clinical and radiologic features may mimic those of a pancreatic neoplasm, making it a difficult clinical diagnosis. We present a case of a 31-yea...

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Autores principales: Waintraub, Daniel J., D’Souza, Lionel S., Madrigal, Emilio, Harshan, Manju, Ascunce, Gil I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807553
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.64
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author Waintraub, Daniel J.
D’Souza, Lionel S.
Madrigal, Emilio
Harshan, Manju
Ascunce, Gil I.
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description Pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) is a rare but important entity to consider when evaluating a pancreatic mass, especially in patients from endemic areas. Its clinical and radiologic features may mimic those of a pancreatic neoplasm, making it a difficult clinical diagnosis. We present a case of a 31-year-old Indian man who presented with fevers, night sweats, weight loss, and epigastric pain. Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a pancreatic head mass. Biopsy of the mass was consistent with pancreatic tuberculosis.
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spelling pubmed-50626552016-11-02 A Rare Case of Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis Waintraub, Daniel J. D’Souza, Lionel S. Madrigal, Emilio Harshan, Manju Ascunce, Gil I. ACG Case Rep J Case Report Pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) is a rare but important entity to consider when evaluating a pancreatic mass, especially in patients from endemic areas. Its clinical and radiologic features may mimic those of a pancreatic neoplasm, making it a difficult clinical diagnosis. We present a case of a 31-year-old Indian man who presented with fevers, night sweats, weight loss, and epigastric pain. Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a pancreatic head mass. Biopsy of the mass was consistent with pancreatic tuberculosis. American College of Gastroenterology 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5062655/ /pubmed/27807553 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2016.64 Text en Copyright © Waintraub et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Waintraub, Daniel J.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062655/
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