Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2017; 23(24): 4467-4472
Published online Jun 28, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i24.4467
Pancreatic T/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma: A case report and review of literature
Shu-Mei Zheng, De-Jiang Zhou, Yi-Hua Chen, Rui Jiang, Yun-Xia Wang, Yong Zhang, Hong-Li Xue, Hai-Qiong Wang, Dong Mou, Wei-Zheng Zeng
Shu-Mei Zheng, De-Jiang Zhou, Yun-Xia Wang, Yong Zhang, Hong-Li Xue, Hai-Qiong Wang, Dong Mou, Wei-Zheng Zeng, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, China
Yi-Hua Chen, Department of Pathology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, China
Rui Jiang, Department of Radiology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, China
Author contributions: Zheng SM and Zhou DJ contributed equally to this work; Zheng SM and Zeng WZ designed the report; Wang YX, Zhang Y, Xue HL, Wang HQ and Mou D collected the patient’s clinical data; Chen YH provided and analyzed the microscopy images; Jiang R provided and analyzed the CT scan images; Zheng SM and Zhou DJ wrote the paper; all authors have read and approved the final version to be published.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was approved by the Institutional Review Board standards at Chengdu Military General Hospital.
Informed consent statement: The patient gave informed consent for the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.
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Correspondence to: Wei-Zheng Zeng, MD, Director, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chengdu Military General Hospital, 270 Rongdu Road, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, China. zengweizheng@163.com
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Received: March 18, 2017
Peer-review started: March 19, 2017
First decision: April 11, 2017
Revised: April 26, 2017
Accepted: June 1, 2017
Article in press: June 1, 2017
Published online: June 28, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma (T/HRBCL) is an uncommon morphologic variant of diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Pancreatic T/HRBCL has not been reported to date. Here, we present the first case of a patient diagnosed with pancreatic T/HRBCL who was successfully treated with systemic chemotherapy.