title: Microcystic adenoma: the specificity of computerized tomography in making the distinction.
abstract: Microcystic adenoma can be diagnosed by computerized tomography (CT) alone. With highly specific CT, the central, stellate ("starlight") calcifications that are pathognomonic of microcystic adenoma can be distinguished. Microcystic adenoma, a glycogen-rich, cystic neoplasm of the pancreas, is usually composed of groups of cysts smaller than 2 cm. The lesion is possibly premalignant.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed