title: Laparoscopic drainage of a peripancreatic tuberculous abscess.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain, anorexia, low-grade pyrexia, and a palpable abdominal lump. An abdominal CT scan revealed a mass in the region of the pancreatic head comprised of enlarged lymph nodes interspersed with loculi of pus. Because a fine-needle aspiration failed to establish a diagnosis, the abscess was drained laparoscopically and biopsy specimens were obtained; the specimens confirmed lymph nodal tuberculosis. Postoperatively, the patient received a 9-month course of antitubercular therapy; she remains asymptomatic on follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report describing the use of laparoscopy for the drainage of a peripancreatic tuberculous abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Minimal Access Surgery, P. D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Center, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai 400016, India. deeprajbhandarkar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Bhandarkar
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bhanushali
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000601:surgery*