Papillary cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. Two cases treated by surgery.
The papillary cystic neoplasm of the pancreas is a rare tumor. Two cases are presented, one of a 38-year-old man and the other of a 23 year-old woman. Both had mild upper abdominal symptoms and were successfully resected with a distal pancreatectomy. Forty-five well documented cases informed in the literature are reviewed. The neoplasm has a striking preference for young women and a relatively benign course with only 10% of the reported cases presenting recurrence or distant metastases.
Fernández del Castillo
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División de Cirugía y Clínica de Páncreas, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F.
Reyes
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Muñoz
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Campuzano
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery