Cystic degeneration of ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic tail.
We present a 54-year-old Chinese man with a tumour at the pancreatic tail associated with a presumed cystic splenic lesion. Histological examination showed a pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with extensive cystic degeneration and invasion of the spleen, a rare imaging presentation for such a tumour.
H'ng
M W C
MW
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433.
Kwek
J W
JW
Teo
C H Y
CH
Cheong
D M O
DM
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D021441:Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery