Gastrointestinal (duodenum) tuberculosis associated with pancreatic pseudotumor and micronodular pulmonary infiltrate: a case report

Abstract

We present the case report of a patient admitted to the Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho with suspected pancreatic neoplasm, with no histopathological diagnosis. A duodenal biopsy and CT scan of the thorax and abdomen were previously performed and the final presumptive diagnosis was pancreatic tuberculosis with pulmonary (Miliary tuberculosis) and confirmed duodenal involvement. In this manuscript we will discuss the main aspects of pancreatic tuberculosis, a rare entity with few cases described in the literature. We will discuss the importance of excluding some pathologies in the suspicion of pancreatic neoplasm.