Myeloid sarcoma presenting as an isolated pancreatic mass in a 3‐year‐old child
Jappmann Kaur Monga, Cara L Mack, Michelle Saad, Dylan Applin, Maisam Abu‐El‐Haija, David Vitale, Zachary Graff, Gila Ginzburg · 2026
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Jappmann Kaur Monga and seven co-authors report a 2026 case of a rare tumor hiding in a small child's pancreas. A three-year-old arrived with yellow skin from a blocked bile duct, and scans showed a mass at the head of the pancreas. First images suggested a blood collection, and needle samples raised the idea of an inflamed pancreas instead.
Deeper tissue and gene tests settled it: a myeloid sarcoma, a solid tumor of young blood cells, carrying a known gene fusion. Standard marrow tests looked clean, but a sensitive gene test found traces of the fusion there too. Chemotherapy cleared both the mass and the traces. The child never developed full leukemia. The authors stress that pancreas masses in children deserve biopsy and gene-level tests, tools still underused in young patients.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jappmann Kaur Monga, Cara L Mack, Michelle Saad, Dylan Applin, Maisam Abu‐El‐Haija, David Vitale, Zachary Graff, Gila Ginzburg |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |