[The role of echoendoscopic biopsy in diagnosing tuberculosis of pancreas]

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Date publication

janvier 2008

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr HILLON Patrick


Tous les auteurs :
Coriat R, Latournerie M, Galtier JB, Michiels C, Hillon P, Manfredi S

Résumé

The diagnosis of an abdominal mass using imaging techniques is difficult for clinicians and radiologists. We report a case of an atypical peripancreatic mass, mimicking a carcinoma on abdominal computed tomography and which was only diagnosed after an echoendoscopic biopsy of the mass was performed. It is difficult to differentiate abdominal tuberculosis from a neoplasm, especially if there is no pulmonary tuberculosis. Usually, the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis is only confirmed histologically, after surgical resection of the mass. Echoendoscopic biopsy confirmed the infectious nature of the mass and prevented complicated and difficult surgery.

Référence

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2008 Jan;32(1 Pt. 1):98-101