Pancreatic plasmacytoma presenting as variceal hemorrhage: Life threatening complication of a rare entity

Muslim Atiq; Syed Abbas Ali; Shyam Dang; Somashekhar G. Krishna; Elias Anaisse; Kevin W. Olden; Farshad Aduli

Pancreatic plasmacytoma presenting as variceal hemorrhage: Life threatening complication of a rare entity

Muslim Atiq, Syed Abbas Ali, Shyam Dang, Somashekhar G. Krishna, Elias Anaisse, Kevin W. Olden, Farshad Aduli

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Abstract

Context: Pancreatic plasmacytoma is a rare entity and presents with features of mass lesion of pancreas. Case report: We present an interesting case of pancreatic plasmacytoma with life threatening gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to isolated gastric varices. Conclusion: This case highlights the importance of considering it in differential diagnosis of patients with anemia, recurrent pancreatitis or jaundice and isolated gastric varices, prompting a CT scan to evaluate for any pancreatic mass lesions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	187-188
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the Pancreas
Volume	10
Issue number	2
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Esophageal and gastric varices
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Pancreatitis
Plasmacytoma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Hepatology
Endocrinology

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Pancreatic plasmacytoma presenting as variceal hemorrhage: Life threatening complication of a rare entity

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