title: Intraductal mucin-producing tumors of the pancreas.
abstract: Four cases of intraductal mucin-producing tumors of the pancreas are presented, with a literature review. These tumors have been reported with increasing frequency, especially in Japan, since it was advocated that they represented a new clinical entity in 1982. Despite the recent controversy, intraductal mucin-producing pancreatic tumor has been recognized as a distinct entity, i.e., mucinous ductal ectasia. In the present paper, clinical features of these tumors and their relation to our own classification of mucin-producing pancreatic tumors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Mie University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawarada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
mesh_terms: D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery