A Patient with Chronic Hepatitis C and a Pancreatic Mass in Endoscopic Ultrasound

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...

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Published inCase reports in gastroenterology Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 387 - 393
Main Authors Ghobakhlou, Mehdi, Mohammad Alizadeh, Amir Houshang, Naderi, Nosratollah, Haghighi, Shirin, Molaei, Mahsa, Rafiezadeh, Mitra, Zali, Mohammad Reza
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 19.06.2012
Karger Publishers
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Chronic hepatitis C
Pancreas lymphoma
Published: June 2012
Pancreas lymphoma
Chronic hepatitis C
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1662-0631
1662-0631
DOI:10.1159/000339693