Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas: a series.
METHODS
a series of 23 cases with cystic pancreatic neoplasms studied and treated between December 1977 and December 2001 out of 297 cases of pancreatic neoplasms is presented.


RESULTS
16/23 were true pancreatic cystic neoplasms: 9 microcystic adenomas and 6 mucinous cystoadenoma type. There were also 2 hydatid cysts, 1 lymphangioma, 2 cases of tuberculosis involving de pancreas, 1 lymphoma and 1 papillary cystic tumor type.


CONCLUSIONS
true cystic tumors of the pancreas accounts for 5,8% of the neoplasms studied in our hospital.
Echenique Elizondo
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Universidad del País Vasco. Unidad Docente de Medicina de San Sebastián. Hospital Donostia. San Sebastiá. Guipúzcoa. Spain. gepecelm@sc.ehu.es
Amondaraín Arratíbel
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Lirón de Robles Sanz
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D000328:Adult; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013156:Splenectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed