title: Imaging findings of localized lymphoid hyperplasia of the pancreas: a case report.
abstract: We report here on a case of localized lymphoid hyperplasia of the pancreas in a 70-year-old man which manifested as double lesions (uncinate process and tail) in the organ. The lesions were incidentally detected as hypoechoic lesions on ultrasonography and they appeared as delayed enhancing lesions on the contrast-enhanced dynamic CT and MRI. Total pancreatectomy was performed, because malignant tumor could not be excluded according to the preoperative imaging studies and the endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy failed. Pathology revealed localized lymphoid hyperplasia. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course. He has been alive for 18 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School, Hwasun-gun, Jeonnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Suk Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: Yong Yeon
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Heoung Keun
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Yoo Duk
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D019310:Pseudolymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media