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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 56-58 |
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A rare case of primary Hodgkin's lymphoma of the pancreas
Andleeb Abrari1, Durre Shehwar2, Bilal Hussain3, Kafil Akhtar2
1 Department of Pathology, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham, United Kingdom
2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Department of Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Kafil Akhtar
Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/oji.oji_19_22
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Primary pancreatic lymphoma is an extremely rare entity presenting 2.0% of extranodal malignant lymphomas and 0.5% of all pancreatic masses. We present the case of primary pancreatic Hodgkin's lymphoma in a 62-year-old male, who presented with right hypochondrial pain, nausea, vomiting, yellowish discoloration of skin and sclera, accompanied by generalized itching for 3 weeks without any significant loss of appetite and weight loss. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) showed a reddish bulge in the head of the pancreas due to the growth. EUS-guided biopsy revealed extensive infiltration by dyscohesive lymphoid cells with classic morphology of mononuclear Reed–Sternberg cells, in a background of lymphocytes and eosinophils. This rare report will be of significant diagnostic help to clinicians and pathologists in accurately diagnosing such cases as there is a high likelihood of misinterpreting these as pancreatic adenocarcinoma, which may impact patient management and survival.
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