Exceptional association of hepatic and pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking metastatic pancreatic neoplasia: A case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the high prevalence of tuberculosis in the world and especially in endemic areas such as Morocco, isolated hepatic and pancreatic tuberculosis and pancreatic tuberculosis remain rare and pose a real diagnostic problem.

Case presentation

We report a case illustrating an exceptional association of pancreatic tuberculosis with hepatic tuberculosis in a 44-year-old immunocompetent woman, in whom the presence of a pancreatic mass on imaging suggested a neoplastic origin. The diagnosis was rectified after bacteriological and pathological study of the CT-guided percutaneous biopsy specimens.

Discussion

The symptomatology of pancreatic and hepatic tuberculosis is unspecific and polymorphic and can mimic any intra-abdominal pathology. Abdominal ultrasound

SUBMITTER: Gartini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9142697 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature