title: Solid serous cystadenoma of the pancreas: MR imaging with pathologic correlation.
abstract: We report a case of solid type serous cystadenoma of the pancreas. Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance (MR) images showed a hypervascular solid tumor that was difficult to differentiate from endocrine tumor of the pancreas. However, the tumor showed marked hyperintensity similar to that of hepatic cyst on MR cholangiopancreatography, indicating not a solid but rather a cystic nature. MR cholangiopancreatography (heavily T2-weighted image) is quite useful for clearly differentiating solid from cystic tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University, School of Medicine, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan. gabata@med.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gabata
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Terayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashiro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takamatsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Usukura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minato
mesh_terms: D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed