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eosinophilic pancreatitis
Sunday 14 January 2007
Eosinophilic pancreatitis is one rare etiology of pancreatic eosinophilia.
Synopsis
diffuse periductal, acinar, and septal eosinophilic infiltrate with eosinophilic phlebitis and arteritis
localized intense eosinophilic infiltrates associated with pseudocyst formation
peripheral eosinophilia
multiorgan involvement.
- prominent eosinophilic infiltrates in the gallbladder, biliary tree, and/or duodenum
Differential diagnosis
pancreatic eosinophilic infiltrates
- pancreatic allograft rejection
- pancreatic pseudocyst
- lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis (LPSP)
- inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
- histiocytosis X
References
Abraham SC, Leach S, Yeo CJ, Cameron JL, Murakata LA, Boitnott JK, Albores-Saavedra J, Hruban RH. Eosinophilic pancreatitis and increased eosinophils in the pancreas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2003 Mar;27(3):334-42. PMID: 12604889
