title: [Pseudotumor pancreatic tuberculosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Gasteiz.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zabaleta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Basterra
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galdós
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campos
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Tuberculosis pancreática pseudotumoral.