Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Neoplasia
Eosinophilic pancreatitis (EP) is a rare disease. It typically occurs in the setting of either eosinophilic gastroenteritis or the hypereosinophilic syndrome. Isolated eosinophilic infiltration of the pancreas is less common. EP usually presents as a pancreatic tumour with abdominal pain and/or obst...
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| description | Eosinophilic pancreatitis (EP) is a rare disease. It typically occurs in the setting of either eosinophilic gastroenteritis or the hypereosinophilic syndrome. Isolated eosinophilic infiltration of the pancreas is less common. EP usually presents as a pancreatic tumour with abdominal pain and/or obstructive jaundice. The diagnosis is often not made until after pancreatic resection under suspicion of a pancreatic tumour. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e0fe11fef90440aea366b696d9a3e6912025-02-03T05:53:04ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002006-01-0120536136410.1155/2006/386918Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic NeoplasiaAli Cay0Mustafa Imamoglu1Umit Cobanoglu2Department of Pediatric Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TurkeyEosinophilic pancreatitis (EP) is a rare disease. It typically occurs in the setting of either eosinophilic gastroenteritis or the hypereosinophilic syndrome. Isolated eosinophilic infiltration of the pancreas is less common. EP usually presents as a pancreatic tumour with abdominal pain and/or obstructive jaundice. The diagnosis is often not made until after pancreatic resection under suspicion of a pancreatic tumour.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/386918 |
| spellingShingle | Ali Cay Mustafa Imamoglu Umit Cobanoglu Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Neoplasia Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Neoplasia |
| title_full | Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Neoplasia |
| title_fullStr | Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Neoplasia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Neoplasia |
| title_short | Eosinophilic Pancreatitis Mimicking Pancreatic Neoplasia |
| title_sort | eosinophilic pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic neoplasia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/386918 |
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