Isolated granulomatous pancreatitis.
Only five patients with clinically apparent noncaseating granulomatous pancreatitis have been recorded, so far as we can tell. We describe a patient with noncaseating granulomas confined to the pancreas who developed obstructive jaundice and acute abdominal pain.
D000005:Abdomen; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*