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Paraduodenal Pancreatitis: A Deceptive Abdominal Mass with Unique Histologic Findings
Joint Authors
Krishnamurthy, Kritika
Febres-Aldana, Christopher A.
Kochiyil, Jyotsna
Ben-David, Kfir
Zadeh, Jonathan
Andreoni, Anthony
Vincentelli, Cristina
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-02-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Paraduodenal pancreatitis (PP) is an uncommon abdominal pathology characterized by scarring of the pancreaticoduodenal space.
Diagnosis of this inflammatory process is challenging as its clinical presentation is similar to that of pancreatic cancer.
Currently, no definitive radiologic or pathologic features have been established to permit diagnosis of PP without surgical resection.
However, the presence of eosinophilic concretions has been reported with increasing frequency in the histologic evaluation of PP.
To the best of our knowledge, these concretions are distinctive for PP and not reported in neoplasms commonly involving the pancreaticoduodenal space.
Herein, we discuss the case of a 60-year-old man who was found to have PP after pancreaticoduodenectomy for a paraduodenal mass with an initially nondiagnostic biopsy.
Retrospective review of the preoperative FNA samples revealed eosinophilic concretions like those found in the final surgical specimen.
If the identification of eosinophilic concretions in a background of inflammatory changes was to be accepted as a diagnostic criterion for PP, patients such as ours could be spared the morbidity associated with surgical resection.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zadeh, Jonathan& Andreoni, Anthony& Febres-Aldana, Christopher A.& Krishnamurthy, Kritika& Kochiyil, Jyotsna& Vincentelli, Cristina…[et al.]. 2020. Paraduodenal Pancreatitis: A Deceptive Abdominal Mass with Unique Histologic Findings. Case Reports in Surgery،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151411
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zadeh, Jonathan…[et al.]. Paraduodenal Pancreatitis: A Deceptive Abdominal Mass with Unique Histologic Findings. Case Reports in Surgery No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151411
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zadeh, Jonathan& Andreoni, Anthony& Febres-Aldana, Christopher A.& Krishnamurthy, Kritika& Kochiyil, Jyotsna& Vincentelli, Cristina…[et al.]. Paraduodenal Pancreatitis: A Deceptive Abdominal Mass with Unique Histologic Findings. Case Reports in Surgery. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151411
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1151411