Pancreatic lipomatous hamartoma: A case report and literature review

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https://doi.org/10.47892/rgp.2023.432.1478

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Pancreas, Hamartoma, Wounds and Injuries, Lipoma

Abstract

Pancreatic hamartomas (PH) are extremely unusual non-neoplastic tumor-like lesions and accounts for <1% of all hamartomas. Moreover, there is a distinct variant of PH denominated Pancreatic lipomatous hamartoma (PLH), that is even rarer, with only 5 cases, including the present case, reported in the literature. PLH lacks well-defined features and clinically can be mistaken with other lipomatous lesions of the pancreas, including lipoma, pancreatic lipomatosis, PEComa, liposarcoma, and malignant tumors with lipomatous components. Here, we describe a case of PLH in a 70-year-old male with abdominal pain and a lesion, which was preoperatively diagnosed as a pancreatic no functional low-grade neuroendocrine tumor, and subsequent underwent a laparoscopic enucleation of the tumor. The postoperative pathology and immunohistochemical analyses confirmed the diagnosis of PLH.

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Author Biographies

Mercedes Del Pilar Bravo Taxa, Departamento de Patología; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN), Lima, Perú

 

 

 

Francisco Berrospi-Espinoza, Departamento de Cirugía Digestiva; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN), Lima, Perú

 

 

Luis Taxa-Rojas, Departamento de Patología; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas (INEN), Lima, Perú

 

 

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Published

06/30/2023

How to Cite

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Bravo Taxa MDP, Berrospi-Espinoza F, Taxa-Rojas L. Pancreatic lipomatous hamartoma: A case report and literature review. Rev Gastroenterol Peru [nternet]. 2023 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 May 17];43(2):e1478. vailable from: https://revistagastroperu.com/index.php/rgp/article/view/1478

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