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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2017

A Rare Surprising Cause of Acute Severe Pancreatitis.

Cyriac Abby Philips, Philip Augustine, George Joseph, Lijesh Kumar, Pushpa Mahadevan

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cyriac Abby PhilipsAssociate Director, Department of Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Philip AugustineChairman, Department of Gastroenterology, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, Kochi, Kerala, India.
George JosephSenior Consultant, Department of Radiology, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Lijesh KumarConsultant, Department of Radiology, PVS Institute of Digestive Diseases, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Pushpa MahadevanHead, Department of Pathology, Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 39-year-old woman is admitted with clinical, biochemical and imaging features suggestive of acute pancreatitis. Conservative and guideline based management failed to improve her condition. Repeate the imaging utilizing contrast revealed the progression of extra-pancreatic signs in the absence of pancreatic necrosis, the absence of intra-abdominal fluid collections, but enhancing omental and peritoneal deposits and obstructive pancreatitis. A biopsy and histopathological evaluation of the omentum revealed rare anaplastic large cell lymphoma causing obstructive pancreatitis. In patients who present with pancreatitis not responding to conventional treatment and with an atypical disease course, the diagnostic possibility of rare causes of pancreatitis such as obstructive/infiltrative pathology must be thought of.

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Anaplastic lymphomaB-cell lymphomaCritical careMultiple organ failuresPancreatitis

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PMID28969182
PMCPMC5620823

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