Publications by authors named "Jelena Zivadinovic"
Background: Primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL) is a rare tumor that mimics pancreatic adenocarcinoma, leading to diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. PPL accounts for 0.2% of all pancreatic tumors and is typically treated with chemotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtra-abdominal manifestations of fat necrosis, like subcutaneous fat necrosis, polyarthritis, and polyserositis may appear with an occurrence rate of about 0.8%, wherein intraosseous fat necrosis is a more rare complication of pancreatitis, with few reports in English literature. A 34-year-old male with a 15-year-history of alcohol abuse was hospitalized several times in the last few years because of attacks of relapsed chronic pancreatitis.
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- * A patient with such metastases was treated successfully with splenectomy and chemotherapy, remaining disease-free 50 months later.
- * This case highlights that aggressive treatments like surgery and subsequent therapy can lead to long-term survival even with rare metastases.