| Literature DB >> 12483276 |
Naoya Sanabe1, Yoshito Ikematsu, Yoshiro Nishiwaki, Hideo Kida, Goh Murohisa, Takachika Ozawa, Shinichi Hasegawa, Taketoshi Okawada, Tatsuro Toritsuka, Shinji Waki.
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A 63-year-old Japanese man visited our institute with fever of unknown origin. Findings on preoperative imaging modalities were consistent with pancreatic carcinoma, but a positive tuberculin skin test indicated tuberculosis infection. Negative results for MycobacteriumDNA polymerase chain reaction from sputum and bone-marrow aspiration biopsy specimens ruled out pulmonary and miliary tuberculosis, respectively. Positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy- d-glucose (FDG) showed multiple labeled spots within the pancreas body and chest. Distal pancreatectomy was performed with a diagnosis of suspected pancreatic carcinoma, but the histological and microbiological diagnosis was Mycobacterium infection. A rare case of pancreatic tuberculosis evaluated by FDG PET is reported and discussed herein.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12483276 DOI： 10.1007/s005340200065
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg ISSN： 0944-1166