Peripancreatic lymph node tuberculosis diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound

Peripancreatic lymph node tuberculosis diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound

Peripancreatic lymph node tuberculosis is a rare disease. Correct diagnosis is a challenge, and endoscopic ultrasound and fine‐needle aspiration biopsy (FNB) allow rapid diagnosis with high precision. In this report, we present a 45‐year‐old female patient with abdominal pain and the presence of per...

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Published in:JGH open Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 401 - 403
Main Authors: Pinto‐Carta, Renzo, Sierra‐Arango, Fernando, Vásquez‐Roldan, Mariana, Pérez‐Riveros, Erika D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Melbourne Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 01-03-2021
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wiley
Subjects:
Abdomen
Biopsy
Brief Report
Endoscopy
Infections
Lymphatic system
Magnetic resonance imaging
Pain
Pancreatitis
Pathology
Tuberculosis
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:Peripancreatic lymph node tuberculosis is a rare disease. Correct diagnosis is a challenge, and endoscopic ultrasound and fine‐needle aspiration biopsy (FNB) allow rapid diagnosis with high precision. In this report, we present a 45‐year‐old female patient with abdominal pain and the presence of peripancreatic adenopathy who underwent FNB, which diagnosed peripancreatic lymph node tuberculosis.
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Fernando Sierra‐Arango.
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Declaration of conflict of interest: None.
Guarantor of the article: Fernando Sierra‐Arango.
ISSN:2397-9070
2397-9070
DOI:10.1002/jgh3.12511