Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma
Pancreatic tuberculosis is a rare form of Tuberculosis (TB) which requires a high index of suspicion to diagnose. Here, we report a case of middle-aged gentleman presenting with abdominal pain and constitutional symptoms who was diagnosed with pancreatic tuberculosis on imaging, which was confirmed...
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2023-07-01
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| author | Rohik Anjum T. Siddeek Amit Gupta Tanuj Singla Deepak Rajput Shaik Sameer Ahmed Reshma Jeladharan |
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| description | Pancreatic tuberculosis is a rare form of Tuberculosis (TB) which requires a high index of suspicion to diagnose. Here, we report a case of middle-aged gentleman presenting with abdominal pain and constitutional symptoms who was diagnosed with pancreatic tuberculosis on imaging, which was confirmed by Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) from the lesion. The patient was given Anti-Tubercular Treatment (ATT) as per conventional protocol. Follow-up showed recovery from the entity. A review of patient presentation, patho-physiology, diagnosis, and management of pancreatic tuberculosis is mentioned in this article. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7ceb53ce49b2403aaeb5ed179328652a2025-02-07T13:34:32ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49292023-07-0166361461710.4103/ijpm.ijpm_874_21Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemmaRohik Anjum T. SiddeekAmit GuptaTanuj SinglaDeepak RajputShaik Sameer AhmedReshma JeladharanPancreatic tuberculosis is a rare form of Tuberculosis (TB) which requires a high index of suspicion to diagnose. Here, we report a case of middle-aged gentleman presenting with abdominal pain and constitutional symptoms who was diagnosed with pancreatic tuberculosis on imaging, which was confirmed by Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) from the lesion. The patient was given Anti-Tubercular Treatment (ATT) as per conventional protocol. Follow-up showed recovery from the entity. A review of patient presentation, patho-physiology, diagnosis, and management of pancreatic tuberculosis is mentioned in this article.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_874_21abdomencancerpancreastuberculosis (tb) |
| spellingShingle | Rohik Anjum T. Siddeek Amit Gupta Tanuj Singla Deepak Rajput Shaik Sameer Ahmed Reshma Jeladharan Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology abdomen cancer pancreas tuberculosis (tb) |
| title | Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma |
| title_full | Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma |
| title_fullStr | Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma |
| title_short | Pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy: Surgeon's dilemma |
| title_sort | pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking as pancreatic malignancy surgeon s dilemma |
| topic | abdomen cancer pancreas tuberculosis (tb) |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_874_21 |
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