Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis in non-immunocompromised patient treated by Whipple's procedure: a case report

Chin Med Sci J. 2014 Mar;29(1):58-60. doi: 10.1016/s1001-9294(14)60027-4.

Abstract

PANCREATIC tuberculosis (TB) is a rare disease and its diagnosis is difficult because of the lack of specific clinical manifestations. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have some diagnostic values in this disease, but it is easy to misdiagnose pancreatic TB as a pancreatic tumor.1 In this article, we present a case of non-immunocompromised patient developing an isolated pancreatic TB, report the CT and MRI findings, and the surgical procedure for it.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pancreaticoduodenectomy / methods*
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatitis / microbiology
  • Pancreatitis / pathology
  • Pancreatitis / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / pathology
  • Tuberculosis / surgery