Tuberculosis
Research from Saint-Joseph University, Department of Gastroenterology yields new data on tuberculosis
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 20th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Diagnosis by endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration of tuberculous lymphadenitis involving the peripancreatic lymph nodes: a case report." According to recent research from Beirut, Lebanon, "Pancreatic tuberculosis is an extremely rare form of extrapulmonary disease. The diagnosis preoperatively is difficult because clinical, laboratory and radiologic findings are nonspecific."
"Published data indicate that these lesions mimic cystic neoplasms of the pancreas and the confirmation of clinical suspicion could only be obtained by an open surgical biopsy. Recently, fine needle aspiration cytology has been shown to...
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