Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas
Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas is a rare benign tumour of the pancreas without malignant potential which usually appears in older women. Pain weight loss, palpable mass and jaundice (if the tumor is localized in the head of the pancreas) are the main symptoms. Thanks to the modern imaging techn...
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doaj-2af933e0a25444ffac35245a95350c242021-01-02T00:14:50ZengSerbian Medical SocietySrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo0370-81792002-01-011303-410710910.2298/SARH0204107CMicrocystic adenoma of the pancreasČolović Radoje B.Grubor Nikica M.Micev MarjanČolović NatašaMilosavljević TomicaMicrocystic adenoma of the pancreas is a rare benign tumour of the pancreas without malignant potential which usually appears in older women. Pain weight loss, palpable mass and jaundice (if the tumor is localized in the head of the pancreas) are the main symptoms. Thanks to the modern imaging techniques (US, CT, FNB) the tumor is discovered and with rising frequency exactly preoperatively diagnosed. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice. In risk patients without symptoms surgery is not necessary but patients have to be regularly followed-up. The authors present a 70-year old woman in whom, because of constant epigastric pain, a multicystic mass of the pancreatic body, 58 x 40 mm in diameter, was discovered and removed by distal pancreatectomy. The spleen could not be saved. Histologic examination showed a microcystic adenoma. Three years after surgery the patient is symptom-free with normal ultra-sonographic findings. http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2002/0370-81790204107C.pdfpancreasmicrocystic adenoma |
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Čolović Radoje B. Grubor Nikica M. Micev Marjan Čolović Nataša Milosavljević Tomica Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo pancreas microcystic adenoma |
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Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas |
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Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas |
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Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas |
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Serbian Medical Society |
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Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo |
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0370-8179 |
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2002-01-01 |
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Microcystic adenoma of the pancreas is a rare benign tumour of the pancreas without malignant potential which usually appears in older women. Pain weight loss, palpable mass and jaundice (if the tumor is localized in the head of the pancreas) are the main symptoms. Thanks to the modern imaging techniques (US, CT, FNB) the tumor is discovered and with rising frequency exactly preoperatively diagnosed. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice. In risk patients without symptoms surgery is not necessary but patients have to be regularly followed-up. The authors present a 70-year old woman in whom, because of constant epigastric pain, a multicystic mass of the pancreatic body, 58 x 40 mm in diameter, was discovered and removed by distal pancreatectomy. The spleen could not be saved. Histologic examination showed a microcystic adenoma. Three years after surgery the patient is symptom-free with normal ultra-sonographic findings. |
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