title: Cavernous Pancreatic Ductal Ectasia with Smooth Muscle Proliferation Causing Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis.
abstract: Pancreatic cystic lesions have various etiologies,including pseudocyst (inflammatory cyst), retentioncyst, congenital cyst, and neoplastic cyst (1).Recently, we experienced a case with a uniquepancreatic cyst-like lesion causing recurrent acutepancreatitis. This patient had multiple cystic dilatations of branch pancreatic ducts surrounded by proliferationof smooth muscle tissue, with neither neoplastic nor inflammatory changes. To our knowledge, there are no previous reports of such a case.
authors.affiliation: The First Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Izumisato
authors.forename: Nobutsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terado
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Atomi