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Subramaniyan Ramanathan1, Mahesh Prakash2, Niranjan Khandelwal2.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Chemotherapy; Cholestasis; Kidneys; Leukemia; Pancreatic infiltration; Pancreatitis
Year: 2013 PMID: 25332536 PMCID: PMC4192238 DOI: 10.1007/s12288-013-0246-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus ISSN: 0971-4502 Impact factor: 0.900