title: Tuberculous pancreatic abscess: an unusual manifestation of HIV infection.
abstract: Pancreatic tuberculosis is unusual occurring in only 2.7% of autopsy studies of persons with miliary disease. Reports of focal pancreatic tuberculosis are rare, even in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in whom abdominal tuberculosis is a frequent feature. We describe two patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who developed tuberculous pancreatic abscesses. In both this was their AIDS-defining illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Desmond
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kingdon
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Coker
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000150:complications*