title: Cystic ductal adenocarcinoma of pancreas: an unusual variant.
abstract: Cystic lesions of the pancreas are usually pseudocysts (90%); only 10% of them are cystic tumors. These cystic tumors constitute less than 10% of all pancreatic neoplasms, making them an extremely uncommon type of pancreatic malignancy. What is more important is that these tumors are very easily misdiagnosed as pseudocysts because their characteristics are very similar to those of the benign pseudocysts. This gains importance as the cystic tumors have a high cure rate and good prognosis if diagnosed and treated on time. Of all the cystic tumors, the most common are the benign serous cystadenomas, mucinous cystic tumors, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms etc. Ductal adenocarcinoma of pancreas presenting in cystic form is an uncommon type of cystic tumor, making it extremely rare among all pancreatic malignancies (solid or cystic). We present the following case report. The review of literature concerning the diagnosis and management has also been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P Venkata
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Jameel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muzaffar
authors.forename: Ashu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anuradha
authors.forename: Ranjana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gondal
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Premashis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kar
mesh_terms: D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018284:Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome