PANCREATIC TUBERCULOSIS - CASE-REPORTS AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
LO SF AHCHONG AK TANG CN YIP AWC
Citation
Sf. Lo et al., PANCREATIC TUBERCULOSIS - CASE-REPORTS AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 43(1), 1998, pp. 65-68
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358835
Volume
43
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
65 - 68
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8835(1998)43:1<65:PT-CAR>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Tuberculosis affecting the pancreas is rare. Its occurrence may pose a diagnostic problem in differentiating it from carcinoma of the pancre as. Two cases of tuberculosis affecting the pancreas are reported, ill ustrating the value of fine needle aspiration in such a situation. The response of the disease to antituberculous drugs was slow, but sure.