Pancreatic tuberculosis masquerading as pancreatic serous cystadenoma
- Authors
- Hong, Seung Goun; Kim, Jae Seon; Joo, Moon Kyung; Lee, Kwang Gyun; Kim, Key Hyeon; Oh, Cho Rong; Park, Jong-Jae; Bak, Young-Tae
- Issue Date
- 28-2월-2009
- Publisher
- BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
- Keywords
- Tuberculosis; Pancreas; Cystadenoma; Serous neoplasm
- Citation
- WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, v.15, no.8, pp.1010 - 1013
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 8
- Start Page
- 1010
- End Page
- 1013
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/120553
- DOI
- 10.3748/wjg.15.1010
- ISSN
- 1007-9327
- Abstract
- Solitary pancreatic involvement of tuberculosis is rare, especially in an immunocompetent individual, and it may be misdiagnosed as pancreatic cystic neoplasms. Pancreatic cystic neoplasms are being identified in increasing numbers, probably because of the frequent use of radiology and advances in endoscopic techniques. However, they are composed of a variety of neoplasms with a wide range of malignant potential, and it is often difficult to differentiate pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking cystic neoplasms from benign or malignant pancreatic cystic neoplasms. Non-surgical diagnosis of pancreatic tuberculosis is inconclusive and continues to be a challenge in many cases. If so, then laparotomy should be employed to establish the diagnosis. Therefore, pancreatic tuberculosis should be kept in mind during the differential diagnosis of solitary cystic masses in the pancreas. We report a patient who had solitary pancreatic tuberculosis masquerading as pancreatic serous cystadenoma. (C) 2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng. All rights reserved.
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