FAMILIAL PANCREATIC LYMPHOMA

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is not commonly a familial condition. This is b elieved to be the first two cases of primary pancreatic lymphoma withi n a single family. The two cases, a brother and sister, both presented in their 60s and were diagnosed histologically as having high grade B cell lymphoma affecting the pancreas, an uncommon primary site. Both responded well to treatment with chemotherapy and were in remission at -the time of writing. On further investigation it was found that their mother also presented with a malignant lymphoma of cervical nodes 30 years earlier and subsequently died of the disease.