| Literature DB >> 24949364 |
Devi Patel1, David Loren1, Thomas Kowalski1, Ali A Siddiqui1.
Abstract
A female presented to the physician with a history of right upper quadrant pain. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan dem-onstrated a multi-loculated solid lesion in the head of the pancreas concerning for a primary malignancy. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) of the lesion was performed and cytology revealed no evidence of malignancy. The acid-fast bacilli culture was found to be positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and pancreatic tuberculosis was diagnosed.Entities:
Keywords: endosonography; fine needle aspiration; tuberculosis
Year: 2013 PMID: 24949364 PMCID: PMC4062235 DOI: 10.7178/eus.04.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Endosc Ultrasound ISSN: 2226-7190 Impact factor: 5.628