Nayan Gajghate¹, Mohd Shaad Shaikh¹, Keshavi Mehta¹, Hely Shah², Divya Pillay² and Sanjay Chatterjee³*

¹Postgraduate Student, Department of General Surgery, Bombay Hospital, New Marine Lines, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
²Intern, Bombay Hospital, New Marine Lines, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
³Assistant Professor, Maharashtra University of health sciences, Nashik Postgraduate Teacher, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, India

*Corresponding Author: Sanjay Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Maharashtra University of health sciences, Nashik Postgraduate Teacher, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, India.

Received: April 15, 2024; Published: June 10, 2024

Abstract

We hereby present a case of Gastroduodenal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient in the absence of pulmonary involvement. A 73-year-old female patient of Indian origin had presented to us with complaints of loss of appetite, bodyache, weakness, giddiness, nausea, acidity, constipation and weight loss (5-6 kgs in the past month) and low-grade intermittent fever for 3 months.

An Abdominal Lymph node biopsy was done in view of PET CT findings. Peripancreatic lymph node biopsy was the hallmark for the diagnosis of the disease, which revealed granulomatous inflammation consistent with tuberculosis. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis presenting with abdominal lymphadenopathy is an infrequent entity. This case proves to be unique, as our patient, in the absence of pulmonary tuberculosis, had experienced primary GastroDuodenal Tuberculosis. This case elicits the importance of a prompt diagnosis and need of quick management in an unusual case of primary duodenal tuberculosis disease .

 Keywords: Tuberculosis; Peripancreatic Mass; Biopsy

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Citation

Citation: Sanjay Chatterjee., et al. “An Interesting Case of Peripancreatic Pancreatic Mass”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 8.7 (2024): 71-75.

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