Cystic lesion of pancreas treated with distal pancreatico-splenectomy
Cystic lesion of pancreas treated with distal pancreatico-splenectomy A 62 yearold gentleman presented to us with complaints of upper abdominal pain with radiation to back since 2 months. He also complained of weight loss, however this was not significant. Ultrasound and contrast enhanced CT scan of the abdomen (figure 1) was suggestive of a cystic lesion in body and tail of pancreas. To further characterize the lesion a MRI with MRCP of the abdomen was done. This was suggestive of a mixed-micro & macro-cystic lesion in tail of pancreas. A communication between the lesion and pancreatic duct was demonstrated (figure 2). These features pointed to a branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (BD-IPMN). An endoscopic ultrasound (figure 3) was suggestive of a mixed micro- and macrocystic lesion of pancreas and myxoid material was aspirated. The cyst fluid amylase and CEA was 154 U/L and 0.12 ng/ml respectively and were normal, indicating a non-mucinous cyst. In view o...
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