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ArticleACG case reports journal2024

Pancreatic Tuberculosis With Duodenal Fistula Presenting as Life-Threatening Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

Duha Zaffar, Chet Bahadur Ranabhat, Abdellatif Ismail, Gurdeep Gogna, Sarah Hossain, Gracia Viana Rodriguez, Sharma Disha, Kim Raymond

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Article in ACG case reports journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Duha ZaffarDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown, Baltimore, MD.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-9777
Chet Bahadur RanabhatDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown, Baltimore, MD.
Abdellatif IsmailDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown, Baltimore, MD.
Gurdeep GognaAmerican University of Antigua, St Johns, Antigua.
Sarah HossainAmerican University of Antigua, St Johns, Antigua.
Gracia Viana RodriguezDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Sharma DishaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Kim RaymondDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · USAmerican University of Antigua · AG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) warrants heightened suspicion in individuals with pancreatic lesions and risk factors such as HIV, organ transplantation, or pertinent immigration history. We present a 38-year-old man who presented with hemodynamically unstable gastrointestinal bleeding. He was found to have pancreatic TB complicated by a duodenal ulcer with fistula. Following 1 month of antitubercular therapy, he experienced complete resolution of symptoms, healing of the duodenal ulcer, closure of the fistulous tract, and a decrease in the size of the pancreatic lesion as observed on imaging. Our case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic TB.

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duodenal fistula.gastrointestinal bleedingpancreatic tuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID38524261
PMCPMC10957014
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