ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2024
Pancreatic masses clinically diagnosed as tuberculosis: Case reports.
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- Pancreatic tuberculosis: A case report and review of literature.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Pancreatic masses are commonly encountered in clinical practice, with concern for the possibility of cancer. Tissue sampling or outright surgical resection may be offered in this setting. However, surgery has been unnecessarily performed in patients with pancreatic masses that proved to be benign. Less invasive options for pancreatic masses that may be benign like tuberculosis should thus be explored. Three adult Filipino patients less than 60 years old presented with symptomatic pancreatic masses suspected of cancer on abdominal imaging studies. Two were smokers without a history of prior tuberculosis. Without any tissue sampling, anti-tuberculosis treatment was eventually given to all three patients due to concomitant diagnoses of extrapancreatic tuberculosis. Endoscopic ultrasound documentation of post-treatment resolution of pancreatic masses was noted in all cases. In endemic regions, although clinical diagnosis of tuberculosis may be possible for pancreatic masses, empiric treatment should still be a last-line option in cases where tissue sampling cannot be done.
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