Nodular Elastosis of the Pancreas.
Elastofibromatous change is a benign process that has been increasingly recognized in the tubular gastrointestinal tract. These changes can present as a colonic polyp or be seen in conjunction with inflammatory changes. Similar lesions have been noted in the liver, apparently associated with vascular injury. We describe a case in which multiple circumscribed nodules of elastofibromatous change within the pancreas had a similar morphology to nodular elastosis of the liver. To our knowledge, this is the first description of such a finding occurring within the pancreas.
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
Whitney
W
Wedel
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
Geoffrey
G
Talmon
Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
Aaron
A
Sasson