Isolated Pancreatic Tuberculosis Mimicking Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer: A Diagnostic Challenge Resolved by Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration

Abstract

In December 2010, a 52-year-old man was admitted to hospital for febrile cholestatic jaundice. The patient was of Algerian origin and had immigrated to Alsace (France) two years previously. He was a construction worker with no medical or surgical history, nor was there history of contact with tuberculosis. The clinical history began one month previously, with diffuse abdominal pain, weight loss and jaundice.