title: [Cystic neoplasm of the pancreas: a ten years experience].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pancreatic cystic lesions (PCL) are identified in 1 % of patients who undergo abdominal computed tomography scans, because it is difficult to discriminate clinically between benign and malignant PCL. The PCL must be distinguished from inflammatory pseudocysts, which can have a similar radiographic appearance. The aim of this study was to review the incidence of PCL during 10 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen consecutive patients who underwent surgical resection of a cystic lesion of the pancreas during a 10-year period were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 1998, 434 patients underwent to pancreatic surgery, 103 (25.75%) resulted with neoplasm of the pancreas and a PCL was diagnosed in 19 of them (18.44%). They were more common in women (n=15, 79%). The pathologic diagnosis was mucinous cystadenoma (n=6, 31.5%) followed by serous cystadenoma and solid cystic papilar tumor (n=4, 21%). Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma was diagnosed in a 77 year-old man and a serous cystadenocarcinoma was diagnosed in a 53 years-old woman; cystic degeneration of two insulinomas were diagnosed in a 71 year-old woman and a 32 year-old man (5.26%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PCLs represent a spectrum of associated diseases. The incidence of serous cystadenoma is lower in our experience.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastrocirugía, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feria-Feria
authors.forename: Esther Caliope
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Carrera-Mayor
authors.forename: Daniel Alejandro
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hernández-Ramírez
authors.forename: Teodoro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Romero-Hernández
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Aceves
authors.forename: Karla Gisela
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: García-Álvarez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult