title: Case report. Unusual presentation of a pancreatic mass in an infant: pancreatic haemangioendotheliomatosis.
abstract: Primary pancreatic tumours are extremely rare in children. We report a case of a 5-month-old male with a diffuse invasive tumour of the head of the pancreas. The tumour demonstrated peripancreatic extension into the porta hepatis, which occluded the portal vein and invaded the superior mesenteric artery. It was found to be haemangioendotheliomatosis of the pancreas. Imaging, pathological findings and a brief relevant classification of haemangioma are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, WW279, Miami, FL 33136, USA. gsaigal@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saigal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hildoer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parra-Herran
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pelaez
mesh_terms: D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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