title: Mucinous cystic neoplasms.
abstract: Mucinous cystic neoplasms of the pancreas are uncommon tumors of the pancreas that occur predominantly in middle-aged women and almost exclusively in the body and tail of the pancreas. They are lined by a mucinous epithelium that can exhibit varying grades of dysplasia and are surrounded by a characteristic ovarian-like stroma. Surgery is the treatment of choice, and prognosis is excellent in the absence of invasive carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Pancreas Surgery Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman St., ACC/460, Boston, MA 02114, USA. cfernandez@partners.org
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández-del Castillo
mesh_terms: D018291:Cystadenoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009077:Mucins; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009077:Mucins