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Abstract
Pancreatic Plasmacytoma Presenting as Variceal Hemorrhage: Life Threatening Complication of a Rare Entity
Muslim Atiq, Syed Abbas Ali, Shyam Dang, Somashekhar G Krishna, Elias Anaisse, Kevin W Olden, Farshad Aduli
Context Pancreatic plasmacytoma is a rare entity and presents with features of mass lesion of pancreas. Case report We present an interesting case of pancreatic plasmacytoma with life threatening gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to isolated gastric varices. Conclusion This case highlights the importance of considering it in differential diagnosis of patients with anemia, recurrent pancreatitis or jaundice and isolated gastric varices, prompting a CT scan to evaluate for any pancreatic mass lesions.
