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Laparoscopic Pancreatoduodenectomy With Modified Blumgart Pancreaticojejunostomy
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Extramedullary plasmacytoma of the pancreas and jejunum
Pramod Gupta1, Gregg D Rice, KiAnne Abraham
1Radiology Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, VA North Texas health care system, Dallas, TX 75216, USA. pramodvagisha@hotmail.com
Clinical Imaging
|May 5, 2009
Abstract:
Plasmacytomas occurring in the gastrointestinal tract are extremely rare. We report one such case of pancreatic and jejunal plasmacytoma in a single patient with known multiple myeloma with emphasis on computed tomographic (CT) findings.
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