title: Pancreatic and peripancreatic tuberculosis mimicking malignancy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Fung J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.forename: Caroline S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Verbeke
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Guthrie
authors.forename: Aftab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ala
authors.forename: Krishna V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: 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