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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2022; 14(5): 514-520
Published online May 27, 2022. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i5.514
Published online May 27, 2022. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i5.514
Castleman disease of the pancreas mimicking pancreatic malignancy on 68Ga-DOTATATE and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A case report
Sheng-Lu Liu, Ming Luo, Hao-Xian Gou, Xiao-Li Yang, Kai He, Department of General Surgery (Hepatobiliary Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
Sheng-Lu Liu, Kai He, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
Sheng-Lu Liu, Kai He, Academician (Expert) Workstation of Sichuan Province, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
Author contributions: He K and Yang XL proposed the idea and supervised, revised the writing; Liu SL collected the data, analyzed the literature, and wrote the manuscript; Luo M assisted with data collection and imaging guidance; He K, Gou HX were the patient's surgeons and participated in the entire operation; all authors read and approved the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Kai He, MM, Professor, Department of General Surgery (Hepatobiliary Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 25 Taiping Street, Jiangyang District, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China. hekai615@126.com
Received: January 8, 2022
Peer-review started: January 8, 2022
First decision: March 13, 2022
Revised: April 1, 2022
Accepted: May 7, 2022
Article in press: May 7, 2022
Published online: May 27, 2022
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Peer-review started: January 8, 2022
First decision: March 13, 2022
Revised: April 1, 2022
Accepted: May 7, 2022
Article in press: May 7, 2022
Published online: May 27, 2022
Processing time: 136 Days and 21.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Some rare tumors with high blood supply to the pancreas, such as Castleman disease (CD), paraganglioma, and neuroendocrine tumors are difficult for clinicians to differentially diagnose based on conventional imaging and clinical presentation. In our case, CD of the pancreas had no obvious clinical features as previously reported but showed higher glucose uptake and mildly increased somatostatin receptor expression on positron emission tomography/computed tomography, which might help in the diagnosis.