Pancreatic tuberculosis

J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2002;9(4):515-8. doi: 10.1007/s005340200065.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate / analogs & derivatives*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Diseases / pathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tuberculosis / pathology

Substances

  • 2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate