title: Serous cystadenoma of the pancreas communicating with a pancreatic duct.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  To differentiate serous cystadenoma from other cystic lesions communicating with the pancreatic duct, careful radiological examination is necessary.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Communication between the cystic cavity and the pancreatic duct in an ordinary serous cystadenoma is uncommon, although it is not uncommon in other cystic lesions, such as pseudocyst, mucinous cystadenoma/adenocarcinoma, and intraductal papillary tumor. METHODS. A serous cystadenoma of the pancreas communicating with main pancreatic duct in a 76-yr-old male is reported.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The communication was preoperatively demonstrated by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and confirmed by histopathological examination of the resected specimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takayasu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosuge
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ushio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography