Ultrasound imaging features of isolated pancreatic tuberculosis

Y Dong, C Jürgensen, R Puri, M D'Onofrio… - Endoscopic …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Results: In PTB patients the common bile duct was never dilated. Multiple retroperitoneal
lymph nodes are the second important B-mode ultrasound feature detected in 75% of PTB …

Pancreatic tuberculosis: an overview

MB Miri, MT Safari, AHM Alizadeh - JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 2015 - serena.unina.it
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 …

Tuberculosis of the liver, biliary tract, and pancreas

GS McMullan, JH Lewis - Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Involvement of the liver in patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been described for
nearly two centuries. One of the earliest descriptions was published in Guy's Hospital …

Pancreatic tuberculosis—a condition that mimics pancreatic cancer

CC Diaconu, G Gheorghe, A Hortopan, V Enache… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis is a disease with serious consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality.
Pancreatic localization is very rare and is mostly encountered in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic tuberculosis with markedly elevated CA 19-9 levels: a diagnostic pitfall

M Kaur, V Dalal, A Bhatnagar, F Siraj - Oman Medical Journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries, isolated pancreatic
TB is rare and is usually seen in immunocompromised patients. It presents with non-specific …

Differential diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis in the adult—literature review

S Ionescu, AC Nicolescu, OL Madge, M Marincas… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health issue that affects mostly, but not exclusively, developing
countries. Abdominal TB is difficult to detect at first, with the incidence ranging from 10% to …

Pancreatic tuberculosis misdiagnosed for surgical treatment: clinical analysis of 3 cases and literature review

B Zhou, Z Wang, C Yu, S Jin, T Qu - Journal of Pancreatology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The incidence rate of pancreatic tuberculosis (PT) is low, and it is difficult to distinguish from
pancreatic malignant tumor before operation. We present 3 patients diagnosed after surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic tuberculosis: a diagnostic dilemma

S Haseeb, MI Bilal, SA Bokhari, RT Mirza, S Riyaz - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite the high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries, pancreatic TB
remains a rare disease. Pancreatic TB usually presents as fever, night sweats, and …

[PDF][PDF] Primary pancreatic tuberculosis: a rare and elusive diagnosis

J Mansoor, B Umair - J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 2013 - jcpsp.pk
Primary pancreatic tuberculosis is an extremely rare entity, even in tuberculosis endemic
areas. A 22-year-old male presented with features of obstructive jaundice. Ultrasonography …

Relationship between dyspnea and disease severity, quality of life, and social factor in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

EJ Kim, JH Park, SJ Yoon, SJ Lee… - Tuberculosis and …, 2006 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is categorized by the
percentage of the predicted FEV1 (Forced expiratory volume in 1 second) result which is …