LOCALIZED LYMPHOPLASMACELLULAR PANCREATITIS FORMING A PANCREATIC INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR

Authors
PETTER LM MARTIN JK MENKE DM
Citation
Lm. Petter et al., LOCALIZED LYMPHOPLASMACELLULAR PANCREATITIS FORMING A PANCREATIC INFLAMMATORY PSEUDOTUMOR, Mayo Clinic proceedings, 73(5), 1998, pp. 447-450
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Mayo Clinic proceedings → ACNP
ISSN journal
00256196
Volume
73
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
447 - 450
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-6196(1998)73:5<447:LLPFAP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Inflammatory pseudotumors (IPTs) of the pancreas are rare. To our know ledge, we report the first case of a pancreatic IPT composed of dense lymphocytic and plasmacellular infiltrates that histologically resembl ed a primary lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma of the pancreas. In addition, it is the first pancreatic IPT analyzed for latent Epstein-Barr virus, an agent implicated in the pathogenesis of IPTs of the liver and sple en.