title: [Tuberculosis of the pancreas, an anatomoclinical case].
abstract: A 49 year old "mapuche" male patient was operated on and tuberculosis of the gallbladder was found. Later on, he developed evidence of meningeal and pulmonary involvement and elevated pancreatic enzyme levels. In spite of appropriate anti-tuberculosis therapy, the patient died. Autopsy revealed multiorgan involvement with pancreatic tuberculosis and areas of steatonecrosis. Immune deficiency related to the previous cholecystectomy may have facilitated the severe dissemination of the disease observed in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Respiratorio, Hospital Felix Bulnes C. Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henríquez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trejo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ojeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benavides
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Tuberculosis del páncreas, caso anatomo--clínico.