Mucinous cystic lesions of the pancreas. Report of a patient submitted to distal pancreatectomy.
Intraductal papillary neoplasm consists a variant of the mucin-producing neoplasms of the pancreas; these are rare diseases that can be divided into mucinous ductal ectasias and intraductal papillary neoplasms. Such neoplasms have a malignant potential, and their prognosis is good if they are early diagnosed and localized surgical resection. This paper describes a case of an intraductal papillary neoplasm localized in the tail of the pancreas and treated by distal splenopancreatectomy. The literature on this rare disease is also reviewed.
Coppola
Roberto
R
Department of Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Via E. Longoni 83-00155 Rome.
Ripetti
Valter
V
Caricato
Marco
M
Caputo
Damiano
D
Ausania
Fabio
F
Arullani
Augusto
A
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018297:Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*