Solitary true cyst of the pancreas in two adults: analysis of cyst fluid and review of the literature
| Autor: | Noriyuki Nishino, Satoshi Tanno, Yutaka Kohgo, Tsuneshi Fujii, Tsutomu Izawa, Hitoshi Ura, Takeshi Obara, Arimi Sasaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Abdominal pain medicine.medical_specialty Pathology Pancreatic disease Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Computed tomography Pancreatectomy Biomarkers Tumor medicine Humans Cyst Pancreas Hepatology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gastroenterology Exudates and Transudates Middle Aged medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Immunohistochemistry Female Histopathology Pancreatic Cyst medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Gastroenterology. 93:1972-1975 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9270 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00558.x |
| Popis: | Solitary true cyst of the pancreas in adults is extremely rare. We report two adult cases of solitary true cyst of the pancreas. In a 53-yr-old woman there was discovered, incidentally, a unilocular cyst of 7.0 x 6.5 cm in size in the tail of the pancreas that was noted on abdominal US and CT scan. A 16-yr-old boy presented with abdominal pain, and an abdominal US and CT scan revealed a 6.5 cm cystic mass located in the tail of the pancreas. Both patients underwent distal pancreatectomy. Histologically, the cyst was lined with flattened cuboidal and squamous epithelium without morphological alterations. Analysis of the cyst fluid revealed high CA 19-9 (>100,000 U/L) and Span-1 levels (>60,000 U/L) in both cases. Immunohistochemically, the lining epithelial cells of true cyst were positive for CA 19-9 staining. The clinicopathological features of solitary true cyst of the pancreas in adults are briefly reviewed. |
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