Tuberculous abscess of the pancreas in AIDS: CT findings

Berson, B.D.; Mendelson, D.S.; Janus, C.L.

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine new York 56(4): 297-299

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0027-2507
PMID: 2507908
Document Number: 3595
Tuberculous abscess of the pancreas is a rare complication of disseminated tuberculosis. The computed tomographic appearance of a tuberculous pancreatic abscess in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is described. One should consider this diagnosis whenever a patient with AIDS has diffuse abdominal lymphadenopathy.

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Tuberculous abscess of the pancreas in AIDS: CT findings