Context Non-swelling autoimmune pancreatitis with multiple pancreatic pseudocysts is very rare. Case report A Seventy-five-year-old man was referred to our hospital for further examination of multiple pancreatic cysts with nodules detected by computed tomography. Endoscopic ultrasound examination showed a pancreatic cyst with a nodule (6.3 mm in diameter) in the pancreatic head and another panc...

Objective Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma has a five year survival rate of 20% following radical surgical resection. The aggressive tumor biology and heterogenous nature of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma results in metastatic spread which further decreases overall survival. We report a patient who successfully underwent a pulmonary metastasectomy five years after the resection of a pancreati...

BACKGROUND Pancreatic cancer accompanied by a moderate-sized pseudocyst with extrapancreatic growth is extremely rare. Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer on preoperative imaging is difficult when the pancreatic parenchyma is compressed by a pseudocyst and becomes unclear. Despite advances in imaging techniques, accurate preoperative diagnosis of cystic lesions of the pancreas remains difficult. In ...

CONTEXT Cystic neoplasms, which are less common forms of exocrine pancreatic neoplasms, consist of mainly intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) and mucinous cystic neoplasms. Mucinous cystic neoplasms, unlike IPMN, are not associated with ductal growth, are usually multilocular in nature, and have ovarian type stroma. Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is a type of mucinous cystic neoplasm m...

BACKGROUND: Maspin (a tumor suppressor gene) is down-regulated in breast, prostate, gastric, and melanoma. Although it not detected normal pancreatic tissue, over-expressed cancer suggesting that maspin may play different activities cell types. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PC) acquires expression through hypomethylation of its promoter. AIM: Because the discrimination between ampullary per...

BACKGROUND Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm is a rare cystic tumor of the exocrine pancreas. Abdominal pain or discomfort is the most common symptom, usually in young females. CASE PRESENTATION Herein we report the case of an 8 - year old child presenting with symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction. CONCLUSION A solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreatic caput was diagnosed and surgical...

We report a rare case of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm in 24-year-old woman, who presented with progressively worsening left epigastric and right lower quadrant abdominal pain for several weeks. A CT scan showed mass the tail pancreas that extended to hilum spleen. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) immunohistochemical analysis exhibited findings pathognomonic neop...

A 79-year-old Indian male was admitted with upper abdominal discomfort of 1-year duration which was associated with loss of weight and appetite. Serum tumor markers, including carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9, were within normal limits. A computed tomographic scan demonstrated a cystically dilated and tortuous pancreatic duct measuring 1.9 cm, suggestive of an intraductal ...

OBJECTIVES Annular pancreas is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by pancreatic tissues wrapping completely or incompletely around the descending duodenum. In most patients with annular pancreas, onset occurs in early childhood. Adults with annular pancreas are prone to duodenal ulcers and pancreatitis. Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is a type of papillary mucinous secretor...

This case was an old woman who had been suffering from peripancreatic space occupying lesions for more than 3 years. She underwent distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. Under a microscopic examination, the tumor was composed of well-differentiated mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) and poorly differentiated anaplastic giant-cell carcinoma. Tumor giant-cells engulfing the neutrophils were visible i...