Year 2018 / Volume 110 / Number 7
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A study of a pancreatic mass: not all is what it seems

470-471

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2018.5527/2018

Irene Andaluz García, Cristina Suárez Ferrer, Pedro Mora Sanz,

Abstract
We report the case of a male with no medical history with acute cholangitis secondary to a pancreatic head´s mass suggestive of neoplasm. An EUS-FNA was performed where no atypical cells were identified but a granulomatous component did. The patient was finally diagnosed of disseminated tuberculosis with pancreatic involvement. Pancreatic tuberculosis is an infrequent entity that requires a high index of suspicion due to the variability of its forms of presentation and the high morbidity and mortality without targeted therapy.
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Received: 08/02/2018

Accepted: 03/03/2018

Online First: 14/06/2018

Published: 02/07/2018

Article Online First time: 126 days

Article editing time: 144 days


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