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Pseudotumorous pancreatitis

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Chronic pancreatitis can occasionally present as a focal, noncalcified mass, indistinguishable from carcinoma. Radiologic studies in 21 such patients were considered to show carcinoma in 16 and an islet cell tumor in 5 patients. Seventeen of the patients came to laparotomy when a palpable mass was found in each; 9 of the patients had a partial pancreatectomy, and multiple biopsy specimens were taken in 8 patients. Four patients did not come to surgery; in them the diagnosis was based on examination of percutaneous biopsy specimens and follow-up. In all patients the histologic diagnosis was chronic relapsing pancreatitis.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hospital of the Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria

    Johannes Lammer

  2. Department of Surgery, Hospital of the Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria

    Gunter Zalaudek

  3. Department of Pathology, Hospital of the Karl Franzens University, Graz, Austria

    Heinz Hofler

  4. Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Hans Herlinger

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Lammer, J., Herlinger, H., Zalaudek, G. et al. Pseudotumorous pancreatitis. Gastrointest Radiol 10, 59–67 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01893072

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