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. 2011 Dec;7(12):834-8.

Primary pancreatic follicle center-derived lymphoma masquerading as carcinoma

Riley E Alexander, Attila Nakeeb, Kumar Sandrasegaran, Michael J Robertson, Caroline An, Mohammad A Al-Haddad, Jey-Hsin Chen

Primary pancreatic follicle center-derived lymphoma masquerading as carcinoma

Riley E Alexander et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2011 Dec.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Gross image of a primary pancreatic lymphoma (diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicle center-derived); the arrows denote the ampulla, while the arrowheads denote the ampullary channel.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The neoplasm was composed of large cells with vesicular chromatin and small nucleoli (hematoxylin and eosin stain; A); it infiltrated and replaced the pancreatic parenchyma (arrowheads mark residual pancreatic lobules; B) and encroached on the common bile duct (C).
Figure 3
Figure 3
This was a low-grade follicular lymphoma, with back-to-back follicles, that involved a peripancreatic lymph node.
Figure 4
Figure 4
The neoplastic cells showed immunoreactivity for CD20 (A) and CD10 (B).
Figure 5
Figure 5
The Ki-67 cell proliferation index was approximately 70–80%.
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