Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer: A Diagnostic Challenge

Table 1

It is showing cases of isolated pancreatic tuberculosis in the Western World along with the case characteristics and management strategies and outcomes over the last 5 years.

Study, year	Patient characteristics	Therapy and outcomes
Patel et al., 2013 [3]	(i) 41-year-old female; (ii) CT, 5.1 cm × 2.8 cm multiloculated solid lesion in the head of the pancreas; (iii) EUS, 4.3 cm × 2.5 cm hypoechoic, homogenous mass lesion with a cystic component within the pancreatic head	RIPE for 2 months and then IR for 7 months
Salahuddin and Saif, 2014 [4]	(i) 59-year-old male; (ii) MRCP, dilated common bile duct, dilated pancreatic duct, and enlarged lymph nodes in the porta hepatis, peripancreatic and perigastric regions; (iii) EUS, ahypoechoic mass measuring 3 by 4 cm was seen in the pancreatic head	Antitubercular therapy (RIPE) for 18 months
Waintraub et al., 2016 [5]	(i) 31-year-old male; (ii) MRI, periportal lymphadenopathy indenting pancreatic head and uncinate process and compressing CBD; (iii) EUS, irregular, hypoechoic mass with poorly defined borders in the pancreatic head. Anechoic lesion in the pancreatic tail, suggestive of a cyst or pseudocyst.	Antitubercular therapy