title: Pseudotumor of the pancreas associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis: a dramatic response to corticosteroid therapy.
abstract: A 69-yr-old man with a past medical history of aortic aneurysm and retroperitoneal fibrosis presented with obstructive jaundice and radiographic features suggesting sclerosing cholangitis and malignancy of the head of the pancreas. A presumptive diagnosis of chronic periaortitis was made, and a dramatic response to corticosteroid therapy was subsequently observed. The clinical course of seven additional patients with pseudotumor of the pancreas associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis is also reviewed; three of those patients also responded favorably to corticosteroid treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chutaputti
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Burrell
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Boyer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D011241:Prednisone