Endoscopic Ultrasound in an Alcoholic With Pancreatic Pain, Vomiting, and Weight Loss

2011 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. e9-e10
Author(s):  
Malay Sharma ◽  
Aravindh Somasundaram ◽  
Ebby George Simon
Author(s):  
Surinder Singh Rana ◽  
Nalini Gupta ◽  
Ravi Sharma ◽  
Pankaj Kumar

AbstractVisceral leishmaniasis (VL) usually presents with malaise, fever, weight loss, and hepatosplenomegaly. Lymphadenopathy is rarely reported in patients with VL from India. We report an interesting case of VL, presenting with malaise, fever and weight loss along with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy and mimicked tuberculosis. Absence of spleen because of previous splenectomy for symptomatic portal hypertension led to difficulty in establishing the correct diagnosis that was eventually established by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA).


2020 ◽  
pp. 80-82
Author(s):  
Amitrajit Dasgupta ◽  
Indranil Banerjee

Isolated cases of Pancreatic Tuberculosis remains a rare entity even in countries with a high incidence of Tuberculosis. It presents as a hypoechoic mass on ultrasonography and imaging mimicking pancreatic malignancy. Consequently, it represents a diagnostic challenge both clinically (due to a similar array of symptoms) and radiologically. The diagnosis often requires tissue biopsy. The possibility of TB should be considered in the list of differential diagnoses of pancreatic mass and an endoscopic, ultrasound-guided biopsy might help to clinch the diagnosis of this potentially curable disease. Here, we report a case with symptoms of abdominal pain, progressive jaundice, and anorexia and weight loss, diagnosed to be a case of Disseminated Tuberculosis (Pancreatic TB) following Endoscopic Ultrasound guided FNAC of peri-pancreatic lymph nodes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 07 (01) ◽  
pp. 020-023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukesh Nasa ◽  
Narendra Choudhary ◽  
Gaurav Patil ◽  
Rajesh Puri

AbstractPancreatic pseudocyst is a well-known complication of both acute and chronic pancreatitis. It is a collection of fluid due to acute or chronic inflammation of pancreas or from injury. A pseudocyst with mediastinal extension is a rare entity. There are only few reports of endoscopic transesophageal drainage of mediastinal pseudocysts. We present a case of mediastinal pseudocyst in a 45-year-old male who presented with dysphagia, weight loss, fever, and productive cough which was managed endoscopically by endoscopic ultrasound-guided transesophageal aspiration.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A475-A475
Author(s):  
M SAILER ◽  
D BUSSEN ◽  
M KRAEMER ◽  
M FEIN ◽  
S FREYS ◽  
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Ob Gyn News ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
MICHELE G. SULLIVAN

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