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ArticleCase reports in gastroenterology

Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Pancreas Mimicking a Pancreatic Neoplasm.

José Miguel Baião, Rui Miguel Martins, João Guardado Correia, Daniel Jordão, Teresa Vieira Caroço, Rui Caetano Oliveira, Paulo Gil Agostinho, Henrique Ferrão

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Article in Case reports in gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

José Miguel BaiãoSurgical Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Rui Miguel MartinsSurgical Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
João Guardado CorreiaSurgical Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Daniel JordãoSurgical Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Teresa Vieira CaroçoSurgical Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Rui Caetano OliveiraPathology Department, Centro de Diagnóstico Anatomo-Patológico (CEDAP), Coimbra, Portugal.
Paulo Gil AgostinhoRadiology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Henrique FerrãoSurgical Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Instituto Português de Oncologia de Coimbra Francisco Gentil · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 78-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with a pancreatic tumor, incidentally discovered in an abdominal ultrasound exam. She was asymptomatic and without any previous personal pathological condition. The computed tomography (CT) and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan showed a mass lesion of 4 cm in diameter, located in the pancreatic body, conditioning the invasion of the splenic vein. The patient was admitted to surgery. During the laparotomy, we found a tumoral lesion highly suspicious of pancreatic neoplasia located in the transition of the head/body of the pancreas, with an invasion of the portal vein and several peri-regional lymph nodes. We performed biopsies of the pancreatic mass and lymphadenectomy of the peri-regional pancreatic lymph nodes. Histological analysis found an inflammatory pseudotumor of the head/body of the pancreas, without signals of malign epithelial neoplasm and also without criteria for immunoglobulin G4-related disease. During the follow-up, a PET/CT and MRI confirmed that the pancreatic lesion had disappeared without any treatment. Inflammatory pseudotumor of the pancreas is a rare entity not fully understood. Despite this, the administration of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive therapy could be taken into consideration as the disease carries a risk.

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IgG4-related diseaseInflammatory pseudotumorMyofibroblastic spindle cellsPancreatectomyPancreatic cancer

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PMID31275087
PMCPMC6600032
OpenAlexW2951096502

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