Coexistence of Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm Occurring in the Head of the Pancreas with Annular Pancreas: Report of a Case

Overview

Journal Surg Today

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2009 Sep 29

PMID 19784731

Citations 3

Authors

Hideki Ijichi

Takashi Nishizaki

Takahiro Terashi

Takeshi Shiraishi

Ikuo Takahashi

Hiroya Wada

Kouji Joko

Shinji Yoshioka

Shigetoshi Murata

Yumi Oshiro

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Abstract

Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) of the pancreas are rare tumors that are almost exclusively located in the body or the tail of the pancreas. A 60-year-old woman with no history of pancreatic disease was referred to our hospital with a chief complaint of dull pain in the upper abdomen. Abdominal computed tomography showed a multilocular cystic mass of 7.0 cm in the head of the pancreas, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed no communication between the cystic mass and the main pancreatic duct. A pancreatoduodenectomy was performed for the complete resection of the tumor, and an annular pancreas was discovered by accident. The pathological examination of the tumor led to a definitive diagnosis of MCN with ovarian-type stroma. To our knowledge this is the first documented case of MCN occurring in the head of the pancreas and associated with annular pancreas.

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