An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations
Primary gastric lymphoma is considered most common primary type of extra-nodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and constitutes approx. 5% of total gastric malignancy. As the clinical symptoms of gastric lymphomas are nonspecific, diagnosis of gastric lymphoma is often difficult clinically. This case report p...
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| author | Vaibhavi P Patel Parikh Tirth Vinaykumar Siddharth S Parmar Rajveersingh Chavda |
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| description | Primary gastric lymphoma is considered most common primary type of extra-nodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and constitutes approx. 5% of total gastric malignancy. As the clinical symptoms of gastric lymphomas are nonspecific, diagnosis of gastric lymphoma is often difficult clinically. This case report presents a case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma which presents clinically and on blood investigations as acute necrotizing pancreatitis. This case is being prepared in view of its rarity and also to alert the treating physicians to consider underlying gastric lymphoma as an uncommon cause in some unexplained cases of pancreatitis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fc6034eb0be4cd1976228ed700e942b2024-03-31T10:28:27ZengNational Board of ExaminationsNational Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences2583-75242024-04-01Volume 2440741110.61770/NBEJMS.2024.v02.i04.013An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigationsVaibhavi P Patel0Parikh Tirth Vinaykumar1Siddharth S Parmar2Rajveersingh Chavda3DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals, International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat –382428.DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals, International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat –382428.DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals, International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat –382428.DNB Resident, Apollo Hospitals, International Limited, Plot No – 1A, Bhat, GIDC, Gandhinagar, Gujarat –382428.Primary gastric lymphoma is considered most common primary type of extra-nodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and constitutes approx. 5% of total gastric malignancy. As the clinical symptoms of gastric lymphomas are nonspecific, diagnosis of gastric lymphoma is often difficult clinically. This case report presents a case of non-Hodgkin lymphoma which presents clinically and on blood investigations as acute necrotizing pancreatitis. This case is being prepared in view of its rarity and also to alert the treating physicians to consider underlying gastric lymphoma as an uncommon cause in some unexplained cases of pancreatitis.https://natboard.edu.in/ejournal/articledtl?x=SEJadSt0SzVLODJnSFJpbFl4Z1ZuZz09gastric lymphomapancreatitisnon-hodgkin lymphomadiffuse large b-cell lymphoma. |
| spellingShingle | Vaibhavi P Patel Parikh Tirth Vinaykumar Siddharth S Parmar Rajveersingh Chavda An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences gastric lymphoma pancreatitis non-hodgkin lymphoma diffuse large b-cell lymphoma. |
| title | An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations |
| title_full | An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations |
| title_fullStr | An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations |
| title_full_unstemmed | An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations |
| title_short | An uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient: mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations |
| title_sort | uncommon presentation of gastric lymphoma in young male patient mimicking acute necrotizing pancreatitis clinically and on blood investigations |
| topic | gastric lymphoma pancreatitis non-hodgkin lymphoma diffuse large b-cell lymphoma. |
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