Pancreatic involvement in primary amyloidosis: radiologic findings.
Amyloidosis is a rare disease that can involve a great variety of organs. As a consequence, clinical and radiological manifestations are very different as well. We report on a patient with primary amyloidosis who presented with diffuse pancreatic involvement detected by ultrasound, helical CT, and MRI. There are very few imaging descriptions about this glandular involvement in amyloidosis in the literature. Despite the apparent uncommon radiological appearance, we believe that this entity should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of diffuse infiltrative pancreatic lesions in the appropriate clinical and analytical setting.
Segovia García
Carmen
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Department of Radiology, Galdakao Hospital, Barrio Labeaga s/n, 48960 Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain. asragal@grn.es
Quilez Barrenechea
Javier Ignacio
JI
Vidales Aréchaga
Luisa
L
Capelastegui Alber
Ana
A
De Miguel Herrán
Eduardo
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D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed