Pancreatic tuberculosis: A systematic review of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) is traditionally considered to be a rare clinical entity, in recent times, an increase in the number of reports of pancreatic TB has been noted. We conducted a systematic review in order to summarise currently available data on pancreatic TB.

Methods

A comprehensive literature search of Medline, Scopus and ISI Web of Science databases was conducted in order to identify papers reporting cases of pancreatic TB. The eligibility criteria for inclusion in the review required that the studies reported patient(s) affected by pancreatic TB and that individual data on age, sex, clinical presentation and outcome were available.

Results

In total, 116 studies reporting data on 166 patients were included in the analysis. The major

SUBMITTER: Panic N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7226685 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature