Unilocular macrocystic serous cystadenoma of the pancreas--atypical features: a case report.
The authors report and discuss an exceedingly rare case of a unilocular macrocystic serous cystadenomas diagnosed in a 63-year-old female patient, which was preoperatively misdiagnosed as a mucinous cystic neoplasm, due to the atypical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features shown at presentation and the misleading results obtained through cystic fluid analysis. This manuscript overviews the typical and atypical manifestations of this entity and highlights the advantages, potential limitations and pitfalls of both MR imaging and cystic fluid analysis.
Department of Radiology, Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: inex.leite@gmail.com.
Inês
I
Leite
Department of Radiology, Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal.
Marta
M
Palmeiro
Department of Radiology, Bambino Gesú Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Alessandra
A
Farchione
Department of Radiology, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
Celso
C
Matos
Department of Radiology, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
Maria Antonieta
MA
Bali
Department of Pathology, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
Pieter
P
Demetter
Department of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
Myriam
M
Delhaye
D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
Cyst fluid; Cystic tumors; MCN; MR; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mucinous cystic neoplasm; Pancreas; SCA; Serous cystadenoma