title: Lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas tail. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas is a lesion that comprises a stratified squamous epithelial lining atop dense lymphoid tissue.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report our case of a 56-year-old man presented with recurrent abdominal pain. A CT scan showed a cystic lesion between the spleen and the pancreas. A distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy was performed. All pancreatic tissue was submitted for histologic examination. The patient recovered on the ward. On postoperative day two, the patient started eating an advanced diet. He was discharged on postoperative day four. The cyst is comprised of benign stratified squamous epithelium atop dense lymphoid tissue, which was consistent with cyst.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Good preoperative radiological anatomical mapping, good communication and good cooperation between the pathologist and the surgeon are essential to resect the lymphoepithelial cyst and exclude malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA. eldo.frezza@ttuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Eldo E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Frezza
authors.forename: Mitchell S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wachtel
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed