A patient with chronic hepatitis C and a pancreatic mass in endoscopic ultrasound

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2012-05-01
Author
Mehdi Ghobakhlou
Amir Houshang Mohammad Alizadeh
Nosratollah Naderi
Shirin Haghighi
Mahsa Molaei
Mitra Rafiezadeh
Mohammad Reza Zali
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Abstract
We report a rare case of pancreas tumor (lymphoma) in a patient with a history of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection without treatment, with a high viral load (20,199,805 IU/ml). He presented with abdominal pain, jaundice, weight loss and sweating. Computed tomography showed a hypodense mass located in the head of the pancreas, and immunohistochemistry of a specimen obtained by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration revealed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the pancreas, B cell type. An association of HCV infection with pancreatic lymphoma has only been reported rarely in the literature and its clinical significance is uncertain. Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339693
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