Cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas presenting as a splenic cyst.
A report of a cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas arising in the spleen from pancreatic heterotopia is presented. The fact that the resected pancreatic tail was microscopically normal and separate from the tumor lends strong support that the tumor arose from pancreatic heterotopia rather than from direct extension or metastasis.
D000328:Adult; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology