학술논문

Synchronous pancreatic and scrotal tuberculosis: Double jeopardy.
Document Type
Article
Source
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. Oct-Dec2023, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p231-233. 3p.
Subject
*TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis
*EXTRAPULMONARY tuberculosis
*PANCREATIC diseases
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*SCROTUM
*ANTITUBERCULAR agents
*COMPUTED tomography
*RARE diseases
ULTRASONIC imaging of the abdomen
Language
ISSN
0022-3859
Abstract
We describe a patient who presented with scrotal swelling followed by non-healing and discharging scrotal sinuses, following local trauma and was initially suspected to have an infected scrotal hematoma. An evaluation revealed it to be scrotal tuberculosis. He also complained of upper abdominal pain and on transabdominal ultrasonography was detected to have a mass in the head of the pancreas. Evaluation of the pancreatic mass revealed it to be pancreatic tuberculosis. Both lesions responded well to anti-tubercular therapy. This is an unusual case of two rare sites of extrapulmonary tuberculosis presenting simultaneously in the same individual. Care needs to be exercised while evaluating any non-healing ulcers or sinuses and mass lesions in countries endemic for tuberculosis as this disease can be a great masquerader. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]