[Pseudotumor pancreatic tuberculosis].
A 59 year-old male with a toxic syndrome an a pancreatic pseudotumoral mass. Two pancreatic fine needle aspiration cytologies were negative. Liver and pancreatic surgical biopsies showed a chronic granulomatous tuberculous inflammation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated in the gastric juice; the urine and sputum cultures was negative. Tuberculostatic treatment with Rifampicin, Isoniazid and Ethambutol was effective. We emphasize the importance of the histological diagnosis in all of pancreatic mass.
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