Pancreatic head mass: what can be done? Diagnosis: surgery.

گزارش بیمار مبتلا به سل ایزوله‌ی پانکراس: گزارش موردی

Background: Although Tuberculosis (TB) is prevalent in developing countries, visceral TB is rare. Most cases of pancreatic tuberculosis are seen in association with disseminated TB (miliary) but isolated pancreatic infection is very rare. Especially when present in immunocompetent hosts. In clinical and radiological evaluation, pancreatic TB may present as a pancreatic abscess, acute or chronic...

Pancreatic head mass, what can be done? Diagnosis: cytology.

Pancreatic head mass: what can be done? Diagnosis: angiography.

Pancreatic head mass: what can be done? Diagnosis: computed tomography scan.

The diagnosis of different pancreatic diseases has recently become a recurrent problem. In cases with pancreatic head mass the main question is the differentiation between malignant and benign lesions. When a neoplasm is suspected, the main task is to judge operability. The usefulness of computed tomography imaging in the evaluation of pancreatic carcinoma has been well established. In this art...

Pancreatic head mass: what can be done? Classification: the clinical point of view.

Surgeons frequently find pancreatic head mass when operating. The obvious difficulty is to make the correct preoperative differential diagnosis between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic tumor. The first step is to reach a diagnosis, with some certainty, prior to the operation. The second step in the case of a tumor is the accurate staging and deciding whether or not it is resectable. On the o...