title: A diagnostic pitfall: pancreatic tuberculosis, not pancreatic cancer.
abstract: Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common forms of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality globally. Tuberculosis can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, the peritoneum, liver, spleen and the pancreatobiliary system. The occurrence of abdominal TB is independent of pulmonary disease in most patients, with a reported incidence of co-existing pulmonary disease varying from 6 to 38% worldwide. We report a case of pancreatic tuberculosis also involving the vertebrae, which was initially treated as a case of pancreatic cancer.
authors: Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Kaduna State, Nigeria. daves074ds@yahoo.com
authors: David Olorunfemi
authors: DO
authors: Samuel
authors: Adeiza Abdul
authors: AA
authors: Majid Mukhtar
authors: Ibinaiye Oluleke
authors: IO
authors: Philip
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents