Primary pancreatic lymphoma: A rare cause of pancreatic mass

  • Authors:
    • Birol Baysal
    • Yusuf Kayar
    • Ali Tüzün İnce
    • Sema Arıcı
    • İhsan Türkmen
    • Hakan Şentürk
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  • Published online on: June 22, 2015     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3412
  • Pages: 1701-1703
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Abstract

Primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL) is a rare entity, most likely to be clinically misdiagnosed as pancreatic cancer. The cure rate of PPL is higher compared with that of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. This is the case report of a 57‑year‑old male patient who was hospitalized with complaints of abdominal pain, weight loss and jaundice. The radiological evaluation revealed a pancreatic head mass and, following endoscopic ultrasound‑guided fine‑needle aspiration biopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma. The final diagnosis was PPL, and the patient went into remission after receiving three cycles of treatment with rituximab, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine and prednisolone (R‑CHOP regimen). Therefore, PPL should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic masses and its management differs from that of other types of pancreatic tumor.
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Baysal B, Kayar Y, İnce AT, Arıcı S, Türkmen İ and Şentürk H: Primary pancreatic lymphoma: A rare cause of pancreatic mass. Oncol Lett 10: 1701-1703, 2015
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Baysal, B., Kayar, Y., İnce, A.T., Arıcı, S., Türkmen, İ., & Şentürk, H. (2015). Primary pancreatic lymphoma: A rare cause of pancreatic mass. Oncology Letters, 10, 1701-1703. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3412
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Baysal, B., Kayar, Y., İnce, A. T., Arıcı, S., Türkmen, İ., Şentürk, H."Primary pancreatic lymphoma: A rare cause of pancreatic mass". Oncology Letters 10.3 (2015): 1701-1703.
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Baysal, B., Kayar, Y., İnce, A. T., Arıcı, S., Türkmen, İ., Şentürk, H."Primary pancreatic lymphoma: A rare cause of pancreatic mass". Oncology Letters 10, no. 3 (2015): 1701-1703. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3412