Pseudotumor of the pancreas associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis: a dramatic response to corticosteroid therapy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 69-yr-old man with a past medical history of aortic aneurysm and retroperitoneal fibrosis presented with obstructive jaundice and radiographic features suggesting sclerosing cholangitis and malignancy of the head of the pancreas. A presumptive diagnosis of chronic periaortitis was made, and a dramatic response to corticosteroid therapy was subsequently observed. The clinical course of seven additional patients with pseudotumor of the pancreas associated with retroperitoneal fibrosis is also reviewed; three of those patients also responded favorably to corticosteroid treatment.
Medical subject headings
- Pancreatic Diseases
- Prednisone
- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis