title: [Usefulness of endoscopic ultrasonography for diagnosis between multivesicular hydatic cyst and serous cystadenoma of the pancreas. Case report].
abstract: Hydatid cyst of the pancreas is very rare. However, it should be suspected in every case of pancreatic cyst, especially in hydatid countries where hydatic cyst disease is endemic. In the paper we report the first case of a multivesicular hydatid cyst of the pancreas explored by endoscopic ultrasonography. Endoscopic ultrasonography is very reliable in the investigation of pancreatic cystic tumors. However it did not allow us to define semiological criteria capable of permitting a differential diagnosis between a hydatid cyst and serous cystadenoma. Per-echoendoscopic transduodenal puncture might improve the efficiency of this procedure with of hydatid cysts of the head of the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Service de gastro-enterologie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis.
authors.forename: Senda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: Imed
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cherif
authors.forename: Yassine
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jemaa
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mouelhi
authors.forename: Farouk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sebai
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Najjar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*