CONTEXT The natural history of incidental branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas is still unknown. CASE REPORT The case of a 74-year-old man who had been diagnosed 14 years previously with an incidental branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreatic head, 30 mm in size, without mural nodules and dilatation of the main pancreatic duct is here...

A twenty-five-year-old female presented with a large retroperitoneal mass. Workup included history and physical exam, imaging, biopsy, colonoscopy, and gynecologic exam. After surgical resection, the mass was determined to be a primary retroperitoneal mucinous tumor (PRMT). Clinically and histologically, these tumors are similar pancreatic and ovarian mucinous neoplasms. PRMTs are rare and few ...

Of 534 resected colorectal adenocarcinomas, 165 (31%) contained some mucinous components; these represented the main part of the tumour in 67 (13%). Of the mucin containing tumours, 63 (38%) were in the right colon compared with 50 (13%) of the non-mucinous ones (p less than 0.001). Patients with predominantly mucinous tumours were significantly older than those with non-mucinous tumours, and t...

Pancreatic cysts represent a small proportion of pancreatic diseases, but their incidence has been recently increasing. Most pancreatic cysts are identified incidentally, causing a dilemma for both clinicians and patients. In contrast to ductal adenocarcinoma, neoplastic pancreatic cysts may be cured by resection. In general, pancreatic cysts are classified as neoplastic or non-neoplastic cysts...

Pancreatic cystic lesions can be benign, premalignant or malignant. The recent increase in detection and tremendous clinical variability of pancreatic cysts has presented a significant therapeutic challenge to physicians. Mucinous cystic neoplasms are of particular interest given their known malignant potential. This review article provides a brief but comprehensive review of premalignant pancr...

Despite the remarkable advances in computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, their ability to differentiate pancreatic cystic lesions and to determine the presence of malignancy still remains uncertain.1 Although endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) provides detailed imaging of the pancreatic cystic lesions, the imaging features alone do not seem sufficient to differentiate benign from maligna...

The DNA stemline of 45 mucinous breast carcinomas was determined by flow cytometry using paraffin embedded archival tissue sections. The material consisted of 26 pure mucinous and 19 mixed mucinous carcinomas. The patients were followed up for at least 15 years or until death. Nearly all pure mucinous carcinomas had a normal DNA stemline (25 of 26) with only one aneuploid tumour. Mixed mucinous...

Sarcoma-like mural nodule is a very rare occurrence in a mucinous tumour of the ovary. Two such nodules having morphologically benign features with osteoclastic giant cells, in the wall of mucinous cystadenoma are described. In addition, these nodules exhibited reactive vascular proliferations. The sarcoma-like nodules are associated with a favourable outcome and must be distinguished from othe...

acute  pancreatitis (ap) is a common clinical  disease  caused mainly by gallstone impacting  the distal common bile-pancreatic duct and alcohol abuse, but other potential causes as  endoscopic  retrograde cholangiopancreatography  (ercp),  intra duct papillary mucinous tumor and hypercalcemia are claimed .  the incidence of ap has been increasing in recent years . accordingly, ap is a multifac...

To cite: Fujikawa T, Noda T, Arai Y, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204132 DESCRIPTION A 64-year-old man was admitted for assessment and management of pancreatic head tumour. He had a history of angina pectoris which was treated by coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using the pedicled right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) 7 years ago. ...