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HISTIOCYTIC LYMPHOMA PRESENTING WITH EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY OBSTRUCTION: A REPORT OF THREE CASES
Author(s) -
YOUNG IAN F.,
ROBERTSTHOMSON IAN C.,
SULLIVAN JOHN R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1981.tb05934.x
Subject(s) - medicine , jaundice , lymphoma , histiocyte , biliary disease , gastroenterology , pancreas , head of pancreas , pathology
Three patients with histiocytic lymphoma presented with jaundice due to extrahepatic biliary obstruction. Two had widespread disease, but one had a primary lymphoma of the head of the pancreas simulating pancreatic cancer. Biliary bypass surgery was avoided in two patients, both of whom showed resolution of jaundice following treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs.