[Pseudotumor pancreatic tuberculosis].
A 59 year-old male with a toxic syndrome an a pancreatic pseudotumoral mass. Two pancreatic fine needle aspiration cytologies were negative. Liver and pancreatic surgical biopsies showed a chronic granulomatous tuberculous inflammation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated in the gastric juice; the urine and sputum cultures was negative. Tuberculostatic treatment with Rifampicin, Isoniazid and Ethambutol was effective. We emphasize the importance of the histological diagnosis in all of pancreatic mass.
Alvarez
M
M
Sección de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Gasteiz.
Rodríguez
A
A
Zabaleta
S
S
Basterra
G
G
Galdós
J
J
Campos
F
F
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents
Tuberculosis pancreática pseudotumoral.