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[A pancreatic pseudotumour of tuberculous etiology]
F Martínez-Valle1, J A Capdevila, E Ribera
1Servei de Malalties Infeccioses, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona.
Background:
To review the clinical findings of pancreatic tuberculosis and to establish a differential diagnosis with pancreatic tumours.
Patients And Methods:
To describe three cases of pancreatic tuberculosis diagnosed in a 850 bed teaching hospital during the last two years.
Results:
In the three case the imaging procedures showed a pancreatic mass with hypodense area. One of the cases was erroneously initially diagnosed of a pancreatic tumour. In one case was diagnosed by a subcutaneous abscess puncture, in another by clinical suspicion and in third patient by laparotomy. Only one patient was immunosuppressed. All patients were cured with standard antituberculous therapy.
Conclusions:
Pancreatic tuberculosis should be considered in patients presenting with pancreatic tumours.