Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and malignancy represent global threats claiming millions of
lives and inflicting formidable suffering worldwide. Surprisingly, the pathophysiological and …

Tuberculosis of the pancreas is extremely rare and in most of the cases mimics pancreatic
carcinoma. There are a number of case reports on pancreatic tuberculosis with various …

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 …

The increased reporting of tuberculosis of the pancreas is related to a worldwide increase in
tuberculosis and an increase in emigration from countries where tuberculosis is endemic …

BACKGROUND Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is an uncommon disease in the US, even in
immunosuppressed cancer patients. This study evaluated characteristics and frequency of …

Context Tuberculosis is a common disease in the developing world and its incidence is
slowly increasing in developed countries where a resurgence has been seen subsequent to …

Pancreatic tuberculosis is a rare disease. It can be easily confused with malignancy or
pancreatitis on imaging. This could result in unnecessary surgery. As this is a treatable …

Background: Pancreatic and peripancreatic tuberculosis is an extremely uncommon
disease, presenting as hypoechoic mass on ultrasonography and imaging mimicking …

In this study, two cases of biopsy‐proven pancreatic tuberculosis are reported. The patients
presented with fever, anorexia, fatigue, abdominal pain and weight loss. A differential …

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 …