title: Concurrent pancreatic and renal leukemic cell infiltration.
abstract: Pancreatic involvement in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is uncommon more so in adults. It can present as obstructive jaundice, pancreatitis or can be asymptomatic. We report here the clinical and imaging features in a 28 years old man with B cell ALL with simultaneous involvement of pancreas and bilateral kidneys. Computed tomography of abdomen showed diffuse infiltration of pancreas by multiple tiny hypodense lesions and multiple hypodense lesions in both kidneys. Although leukemic involvement of pancreas is unusual and our patient was asymptomatic, one should consider the possibility of pancreatic infiltration in a leukemic patient presenting with pancreatic enlargement, cholestatic jaundice or pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Subramaniyan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
keywords: Chemotherapy; Cholestasis; Kidneys; Leukemia; Pancreatic infiltration; Pancreatitis