Address correspondence to: Dr. Jey-Hsin Chen, CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories, 1124 Columbia Street, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98104; Tel: 206-576-6500; Fax: 206-215-5935; E-mail: [email protected] Primary pancreatic lymphoma is a rare malignancy that accounts for approximately 0.5% of pancreatic neoplasms. Primary pancreatic lymphoma is typically a circumscribed, solitary tumor that affect...

INTRODUCTION Primary pancreatic lymphoma is a very rare but manageable malignant tumour which may be clinically confused as a pancreatic carcinoma. This case report demonstrates the value of surgical resection in the management of pancreatic lymphoma. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a 65-year-old man who was admitted with obstructive jaundice, vague upper abdominal pain and weight loss....

PURPOSE To describe CT characteristics of primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL), a rare disease with features in common with adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fourteen patients were enrolled. CT: unenhanced scan, contrast-enhanced pancreatic and venous phases. Image analysis: tumour location; peri-pancreatic vessel encasement; necrosis; enlarged lymph nodes; fat stranding; enlarged bile duct ...

CONTEXT Retroperitoneal lymph node enlargement in patients with pancreatic cancer is sometimes treated as incurable disease. Non-metastatic causes of lymphadenopathy should however be considered. CASE REPORTS Two cases of significant retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy in the setting of pancreatic cancer, treated by pancreaticoduodenectomy and lymph node dissection are described. Both cases had a...

Secondary pancreatic involvement can be seen up to 30% of advance staged non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cases, but primary lymphomas constitute only 1% extranodal lymphomas. Furthermore, 0.2% the space-occupying lesions are lymphomas, which usually present as a mass in head pancreas with nonspecific symptoms. Therefore, should considered differential diagnosis solid lesions. Herein, we report two cases...

OBJECTIVE To describe the imaging findings of primary and secondary pancreatic malignant lymphoma on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to help differentiate lymphoma of the pancreas from primary adenocarcinoma and autoimmune pancreatitis among others, and to discuss a few atypical presentations of pancreatitis mimicking lymphoma. CONCLUSION Knowledge of these imaging manifestations of lymphom...

BACKGROUND Primary pancreatic lymphoma is a rare tumour of the pancreas. Data on the role of endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration for its diagnosis are scant. AIM To identify the frequency of occurrence, sonographic characteristics and cytological findings that are predictive of primary pancreatic lymphoma. METHODS Pancreatic lymphoma cases were identified by retrospective re...

BACKGROUND Interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays a major role in inflammatory processes and various malignancies. Serum IL-6 levels from patients with gastric MALT lymphoma, gastric cancer and pancreatic cancer was investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS The serum 11-6 levels were obtained in a total of 86 patients. A two-tailed Mann-Whitney-test was performed to compare the results. A p-level <0.05 was deem...

Primary pancreatic lymphoma in children has been described infrequently in literature, and its acute presentation as cholestatic hepatitis is similarly rare. We report a case of a 7-year-old child with primary pancreatic lymphoma presenting as acute infective hepatitis, leading to delay in correct diagnosis and management.

Primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL) is an extremely rare form of extranodal malignant lymphoma. The most common histological subtype of PPL is diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). In rare cases, PPL can also present as follicular lymphoma, small lymphocytic lymphoma, and T cell lymphoma either of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or of Hodgkin's lymphoma. T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma (T/HR...