CASE REPORT

Primary pancreatic lymphoma in an HIV patient: Dilemmas in diagnosis and management

E. Loots^I; F. Anderson^II; S. R. Thomson^III

^IF.C.S. (S.A.) Department of General Surgery, Addington Hospital and Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
^IIM.MED., F.C.S. (S.A.) Department of General Surgery, Addington Hospital and Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
^IIICH.M., F.R.C.S. (ENG. & EDIN.) Department of General Surgery, Addington Hospital and Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban

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