title: [A case of serous cystadenoma of the pancreas associated with obstructive jaundice during long-term follow up].
abstract: A 68-year-old man had been followed up since March, 1997 because of a cystic tumor of the pancreas head. The patient developed obstructive jaundice and was admitted to our hospital in June, 2007. The tumor size on CT scan had increased from 3.6 cm to 5.9 cm during the 10-year period. After endoscopic biliary drainage, pancreatoduodenectomy was performed. Pathological diagnosis of the resected specimen was serous cystadenoma. Serous cystadenoma of the pancreas is known as a benign tumor with indolent progression and is likely to be symptomatic if the tumor size exceeds 4 cm. However, biliary obstruction is a rare complication of serous cystadenoma. We report this rare case here with references to the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kyoto City Hospital, and Department of Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science.
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuwahara
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshitani
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Takaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Motoyoshi
authors.forename: Yasuhide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirishima
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshinami
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shintani
authors.forename: Yoji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Urata
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katsuma
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*