title: The "duct-ectatic" variant of mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas: clinical and radiologic studies of seven cases.
abstract: Seven cases of the "duct-ectatic" variant of mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas are presented. This new entity, the duct-ectatic variant of mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas, probably masquerades as pancreatic pseudocyst clinically and radiologically. However, it has the characteristic pathologic findings of the classic "megacystic" type of mucinous cystic neoplasm. If there are cysts visualized on pancreaticogram which are in a diffusely duct-ectatic configuration and are in communication with the main pancreatic duct, the duct-ectatic variant of mucinous cystic neoplasm should be strongly suspected rather than the pancreatic pseudocyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (II), School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakanuma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed