Common and Uncommon Benign Pancreatic Lesions Mimicking Malignancy: Imaging Update and Review.

Common and Uncommon Benign Pancreatic Lesions Mimicking Malignancy: Imaging Update and Review.

Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2018 Apr;39(2):206-219

Authors: Torres US, Matsumoto C, de Macedo Neto AC, Caldana RP, Motoyama Caiado ÂH, Tiferes DA, Warmbrand G, de Godoy LL, D'Ippolito G

Abstract
There is a broad range of inflammatory, pseudotumoral, and benign lesions that may masquerade as pancreatic malignancies, often representing a challenge to the radiologist. Unawareness of these entities can lead to inadequate differential diagnoses or misdiagnosis, with important prognostic and therapeutic consequences. The purpose of this article is to revisit a spectrum of lesions, varying from common to exceedingly rare nonmalignant, that may mimic malignant pancreatic neoplasms on imaging, identifying relevant features that may contribute to reaching the correct diagnosis. Representative cases include focal fatty replacement, intrapancreatic accessory spleen, pancreatic lobulation, lipoma, autoimmune pancreatitis, focal pancreatitis, eosinophilic pancreatitis, groove pancreatitis, hemangioma, intrapancreatic aneurysm, tuberculosis, and Castleman's disease.

PMID: 29571556 [PubMed - in process]

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