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Hematologic malignancies of the pancreas

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Hematologic malignancies are relatively uncommon neoplasms of abdominal soft tissue. This article discusses the clinical and imaging features of pancreatic lymphoma, pancreatic extraosseous multiple myeloma, granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma), posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder, and Castleman disease. The combination of imaging findings and the appropriate clinical presentation should allow the radiologist to raise a provisional diagnosis of hematologic malignancy.

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Sandrasegaran, K., Tomasian, A., Elsayes, K.M. et al. Hematologic malignancies of the pancreas. Abdom Imaging 40, 411–423 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-014-0217-7

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