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ArticleCase reports in gastrointestinal medicine2018

Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer: A Diagnostic Challenge.

Abhishek Bhurwal, Muhammad Masoodul Haq, Sunil Sapru, Matthew Tortora, Dhanasekaran Ramasamy

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Article in Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Current role of endoscopic ultrasound for gastrointestinal and abdominal tuberculosis.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Abhishek BhurwalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3886-7537
Muhammad Masoodul HaqDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, NJ, USA.
Sunil SapruDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, NJ, USA.
Matthew TortoraDepartment of Pathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, NJ, USA.
Dhanasekaran RamasamyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health, West Orange, NJ, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis is an exceedingly rare condition, even in areas of the world where the disease is highly prevalent. Abdominal tuberculosis is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis but involvement of the pancreas is very rare. We report a case of isolated pancreatic tuberculosis presenting as a pancreatic mass in a patient with persistent abdominal pain and jaundice. Clinically and radiologically, the mass mimicked a malignant pancreatic tumor with a vastly different prognostic implication and therapeutic approach. Endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) can provide valuable diagnostic information in this scenario. After the tissue showed evidence of acid-fast bacilli and the cultures showed growth of

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