A Rare Case of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency.
Fat
lipomatous pseudohypertrophy
pancreas
Journal
European journal of case reports in internal medicine
ISSN: 2284-2594
Titre abrégé: Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101648453
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
10
04
2021
accepted:
13
04
2021
entrez:
14
6
2021
pubmed:
15
6
2021
medline:
15
6
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Lipomatous pseudohypertrophy (LPH) of the pancreas is an uncommon affection of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. It is defined as substitution of the pancreatic exocrine gland by a large fat component. We report the case of a young patient with malabsorption syndrome (chronic diarrhoea and steatorrhoea), abnormal laboratory results and normal fibroscopy. Computed tomography revealed characteristic diffuse pancreatic abnormalities. Computed tomography is key for identifying lipomatous pseudohypertrophy.Malabsorption syndrome is usually associated with lipomatous pseudohypertrophy.A syndromic aetiology should be considered.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34123944
doi: 10.12890/2021_002556
pii: 2556-1-22613-1-10-20210517
pmc: PMC8191354
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
002556Informations de copyright
© EFIM 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interests: The authors declare there are no competing interests.
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