Isolated tuberculosis of the pancreas: a report of two cases and review of the literature.

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Rakeshen_US
dc.contributor.authorKapoor, Dharmeshen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Jagdeepen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Nirmalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2003-04-08en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T04:40:00Z
dc.date.available2003-04-08en_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T04:40:00Z
dc.date.issued2003-04-08en_US
dc.description7 references.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe report two cases of pancreatic tuberculosis. The first patent (who tested positive for HIV) presented with abdominal pain, fever, weight loss, anorexia and tender epigastric lump. The CT scan revealed multiple small abscesses in the pancreas. The second patients, who had no evidence of immunodeficiency, presented with constitutional symptoms and obstructive jaundice. The CT scan revealed a mass in the pancreatic head with peripancreatic lymph nodes and dilatation of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tree. None of the patients had Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of the lung or any other organ. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy clinched the diagnosis in both the patients, with caseation necrosis and plenty of acid-fast bacilli in the first patient, and characteristic granulomatous inflammation of the pancreas in the other. The first patient died during the index hospitalization, while the other responded well to antitubercular treatment with improvement in symptoms and radiological clearance of the initial lesions.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Gastroenterology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar R, Kapoor D, Singh J, Kumar N. Isolated tuberculosis of the pancreas: a report of two cases and review of the literature. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2003 Apr-Jun; 24(2): 76-8en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/125070
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.tropicalgastro.comen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshAntitubercular Agents --therapeutic useen_US
dc.subject.meshBiopsy, Fine-Needleen_US
dc.subject.meshHIV Infections --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshPancreatic Diseases --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshTomography, X-Ray Computeden_US
dc.subject.meshTreatment Outcomeen_US
dc.subject.meshTuberculosis --complicationsen_US
dc.titleIsolated tuberculosis of the pancreas: a report of two cases and review of the literature.en_US
dc.typeComparative Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeReviewen_US
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