title: [Monstrous recurrence of serous cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas].
abstract: Serous cystadenoma of the pancreas is a rare benign tumor. The diagnostical management is easy, preoperative histological finding is difficult. The surgical relevance is revealed by the fact, that this tumor shows a high recurrence rate, especially if a complete resection is not feasible because of a difficult tumor localisation. The whole problematic nature of this disease is underlined by the following case report, which illustrates that in 5 years 4 surgical interventions because of recurrent symptoms were necessary. Each single operation improved quality of life for a different time period. First aim must be the radical resection of the tumor during primary operation, but this is not always possible because of unfavorable tumor localisation.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum-Langendreer.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haarmann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mittelkötter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smektala
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed