A case of macrocystic serous cystadenoma of the pancreas.
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.
Mori
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Department of Surgery, Kurobe Municipal Hospital, Japan.
Takeyama
S
S
Hirosawa
H
H
Watanabe
T
T
Taniya
T
T
Arakawa
H
H
Nagakawa
T
T
Ohta
T
T
Miyazaki
I
I
Nakanuma
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery