title: [Abdominal tuberculous lymphadenitis simulating pancreatis cancer].
abstract: The Authors report the case of a patient symptomatic for fever, weight loss and abdominal pain submitted to abdominal sonography and CT which identified a mass of the pancreatic head. The patient underwent laparotomy plus biopsy; the istologic and bacteriological diagnosis demonstrated a tuberculous lymphoadenitis in spite of a normal cutaneous tuberculin test. Abdominal localization of TBC infection therefore is increasing in epidemiological studies, and thus it must be included in the differential diagnosis of subdiaphragmatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia Sostitutiva e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Università degli Studi di Genova.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Casolino
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arcuri
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Tommasi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Manolitsi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Valente
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D014463:Ultrasonography