Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2018; 24(2): 297-302
Published online Jan 14, 2018. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i2.297
Mass forming chronic pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic cystic neoplasm: A case report
Keum Nahn Jee
Keum Nahn Jee, Department of Radiology, Dankook University Hospital, Chungcheongnam-do 330-715, South Korea
Author contributions: Jee KN designed the report, collected the patient’s clinical data, drafting the article and reviewed the manuscript and approved the final manuscript as submitted.
Informed consent statement: This study was reviewed and approved the retrospective case review by Institutional Review Board of Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, South Korea, with informed consent from the patient waived.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no potential conflicts (financial, professional, or personal) of interest relevant to this article to disclose by the author.
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Correspondence to: Keum Nahn Jee, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiology, Dankook University Hospital, Mang-hyang Street 201, Anseo-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do 330-715, South Korea. jkn1303@dkuh.co.kr
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Received: October 19, 2017
Peer-review started: October 20, 2017
First decision: November 8, 2017
Revised: November 15, 2017
Accepted: November 22, 2017
Article in press: November 22, 2017
Published online: January 14, 2018
Core Tip

Core tip: Extremely unusual radiological manifestation of mass forming chronic pancreatitis mimicking pancreatic cystic neoplasm is the first case report in the English-written medical literature.