PRIMARY PANCREATIC LYMPHOMA IN A YOUNG PATIENT WITH EARLY ONSET TYPE I DIABETES MELLITUS

Abstract

Primary pancreatic lymphoma (PPL) is an extremely rare disease which occurs in pancreas, and accounts for less than 1% of extra-nodal malignant lymphomas and 0,5% of cases of pancreatic masses. We report the case of PPL in a 15 year-old boy suffering from Type I Diabetes Mellitus (DM) diagnosed at the age of 1 year. The patient achieved complete remission by immuno-chemotherapy. An association between type I DM and PPL has never been reported so far and could represent a new link between chronic autoimmune disease and primary extranodal lymphoma in a target tissue.

Keywords

• Primary pancreatic lymphoma
• Diabetes
• autoimmune disease.