Pancreatic and peripancreatic tuberculosis mimicking malignancy.
BACKGROUND
There are a variety of differential diagnoses for an abnormal mass arising from the pancreas of which isolated pancreatic or peripancreatic tuberculosis is an extremely rare diagnosis with a variety of elusive presentations.


METHODS
We report such a case which masqueraded as malignancy in 43-year-old man presenting with jaundice, weight loss and new onset diabetes.


CONCLUSIONS
Tuberculosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis to an obscure pancreatic mass which may result in local complications amenable to surgery.
Foo
Fung J
FJ
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Verbeke
Caroline S
CS
Guthrie
James A
JA
Ala
Aftab
A
Menon
Krishna V
KV
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery