Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis in Non-immunocompromised Patient Treated by Whipple’s Procedure: a Case Report

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.

Key words: pancreatic tuberculosis, Whipple’s procedure, computed tomography

Shao-long Sun,Feng Gao,Dong-xu Cui,Bao-sheng Wang^*. Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis in Non-immunocompromised Patient Treated by Whipple’s Procedure: a Case Report[J].Chinese Medical Sciences Journal, 2014, 29(1): 58-60.

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