Abdominal tuberculosis is common but pancreatic tuberculosis is rare. Its occurrence may
pose a diagnostic problem in differentiating it from inflammation and carcinoma of the …

Background: Abdominal tuberculosis can usually occur in developing and endemic
countries; However, Isolated Pancreatic tuberculosis is rare in immunocompetent patients …

Pancreatic tuberculosis is a rare occurrence in either immune-competent or immune-
suppressed host. Pancreatic tuberculosis most commonly afflicts the region of the head and …

Introduction: Pancreatic tuberculosis is unusual, with an incidence reported to be less than
4, 7% worldwide. Case report: We report the case of a 32-year-old man recently diagnosed …

We present two cases of biopsy proven tuberculosis of the pancreas in non-
immunocompromised patients diagnosed and treated in our unit within the last 14 years …

Pancreatic tuberculosis (TB) is a rare condition that is sometimes difficult to differentiate from
pancreatic cancer or other malignancies. A 75-year-old man was admitted to our hospital …

Pancreatic tuberculosis is an extremely rare entity, even in tuberculosis endemic areas. It
closely mimics pancreatic cancer on clinical presentation as well as on imaging studies. A …

Background Pancreatic tuberculosis is a rare disease. Its presenting features are usually
vague and non‐specific, while the radiological features mimic pancreatic malignancy in …

Background. Diagnosis of tuberculosis of the pancreas is often missed, and may present to
the clinician as a difficult diagnostic problem. Methods. We report an extremely rare case of …

Discussion: The pancreas is relatively resistant to TB because the pathogen is destroyed by
pancreatic enzymes. However, once TB breaks through this line of defense, it may cause …