A Rare Surprising Cause of Acute Severe Pancreatitis

Autopsy of a Patient with Primary Pancreatic Lymphoma with Findings Resembling Severe Acute Pancreatitis

“…In this study, we performed an autopsy on a patient with PPL that could not be diagnosed before death due to atypical imaging findings. To our knowledge, this is only the F: female, M: male, RR: reference range, p-amylase: pancreatic isoamylase, ND: not determined, DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, ALCL: Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma third report in a patient with PPL with findings similar to those of patients with severe acute pancreatitis (16,19). The clinical and pathological findings of the three cases with PPL presenting as severe acute pancreatitis are summarized in Table 2 (16,19).…”

“…To our knowledge, this is only the F: female, M: male, RR: reference range, p-amylase: pancreatic isoamylase, ND: not determined, DLBCL: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, ALCL: Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma third report in a patient with PPL with findings similar to those of patients with severe acute pancreatitis (16,19). The clinical and pathological findings of the three cases with PPL presenting as severe acute pancreatitis are summarized in Table 2 (16,19). In all of the cases, a histopathological diagnosis could not be performed early in the disease, so the patients could not be treated for lymphoma.…”

Non‐Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as acute pancreatitis: A rare occurrence

“…In addition, secondary pancreatic involvement by non‐Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as acute pancreatitis is an even more rare occurrence, with very few reported cases in the literature . Primary pancreatic lymphoma presenting as acute pancreatitis is also seldom encountered, with cases occurring in the setting of discrete masses as well as with diffuse infiltrative processes . While the majority of diffuse large B‐cell lymphomas are CD20‐positive, 1%‐2% are actually CD20‐negative .…”