[A case of mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas changed from multilocular to unilocular with cyst in cyst structure with an 8-year follow-up].

Abstract

A 57-year-old woman presented with multilocular cysts like a bunch of grapes, 30mm in diameter, in the tail of the pancreas. The number of cysts has increased, and each one had grown. Eventually, they turned into a unilocular cyst with a cyst in the cyst structure of about 50mm in diameter. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy was performed, and the resected specimen was diagnosed with mucinous cystadenoma. We report the rare morphological change in this case and consider the mechanism of its occurrence based on pathological considerations.

• Authors: Shihona Momozaki, Hiroyuki Kojima, Atsushi Sofuni, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Kentaro Ishii, Reina Tanaka, Ryosuke Tonozuka, Yuuichi Nagakawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Takao Itoi
• Journal: Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai zasshi = The Japanese journal of gastro-enterology (Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi) Vol. 118 Issue 4 Pg. 340-347 ( 2021) ISSN: 0446-6586 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 33840715 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Cystadenoma, Mucinous (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Cysts
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Pancreas
• Pancreatic Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, surgery)