title: A case of macrocystic serous cystadenoma of the pancreas.
abstract: A case of macrocystic serous cystadenoma of the pancreas is presented, and literature is reviewed. A 35-yr-old woman presented with mild upper abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasonography and an abdominal computed tomography revealed a multiloculated and calcified cyst in the body of the pancreas. A T1-weighted image, using magnetic resonance imaging, revealed a low-intensity multiloculated, pancreatic mass. In contrast, T2-imaging of the tumor showed a high-intensity mass. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed no contact between the main pancreatic duct and the tumor. The preoperative diagnosis was a mucinous cystic neoplasm. Tumor enucleation was performed. Subsequent microscopic examination of this tumor suggested the diagnosis of a macrocystic serous cystadenoma of the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurobe Municipal Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirosawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakanuma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery