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Case report: emphysematous tuberculous pancreatitis diagnosis by ultrasound and computed tomography
D L Morris1, L S Wilkinson, N al Mokhtar
1Department of Radiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow.
Clinical Radiology
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
We describe a case of simultaneous tuberculous and pyogenic infection of the pancreas in a 58-year-old Asian man who presented with a pyrexia of unknown origin. There was no evidence of disseminated tuberculosis or immuno-deficiency. The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound-guided percutaneous pancreatic aspiration and subsequent progress assessed by sequential computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography. Complete recovery was achieved on anti-tuberculous chemotherapy without surgical intervention.