Secondary malignancies mimicking primary pancreatic lymphoma: Primer pankreatik lenfomayi taklit eden sekonder malignensiler

İbrahim İbrahim  Petekkaya; Emir Charles Roach; Gamze Gezgen; Musturay Karcaaltıncaba; Ayşegül Üner; Emine Petekkaya

doi:10.5455/GMJ-30-156212

Authors

İbrahim İbrahim Petekkaya Gaziantep Dr. Ersin Arslan State Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology, Gaziantep, Turkey
Emir Charles Roach Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey
Gamze Gezgen Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Oncology, Ankara, Turkey
Musturay Karcaaltıncaba Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey
Ayşegül Üner Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey
Emine Petekkaya Zirve University, Emine Bahaeddin Nakıboğlu Medical Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Gaziantep, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-156212

Keywords:

Lymphoma, pancreas

Abstract

Malignancies localized to the pancreas at times can mimic many other types of cancer. In imaging studies, tumors localized to the pancreas can resemble lymphoma. Especially in elderly patients, these tumors which appear like pancreatic cancer are sometimes left untreated by physicians, without confirming with biopsy, because the expected survival is extremely short. In this case report we examine how these discrepancies could be resolved.

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