Tuberculous pancreatic abscess: an unusual manifestation of HIV infection.
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.
Desmond
N M
NM
Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
Kingdon
E
E
Beale
T J
TJ
Coker
R J
RJ
Tanner
A G
AG
Harris
J W
JW
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*