Open AccessTwo cases of lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas
Author(s) -
Ryosuke Hamano,
Masaru Inagaki,
Yuuji Kimura,
K. Isoda,
Koji Kitada,
Manabu Nishie,
N Nomura,
Naoyuki Tokunaga,
Kenji Takahashi,
Hideaki Miyasou,
Yosuke Tsunemitsu,
Shinya Ohtsuka,
Kazuya Miyoshi,
Kazuhide Iwakawa,
Masahiko Takahashi,
Hiromi Iwagaki
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
okayama igakkai zasshi (journal of okayama medical association)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1882-4528
pISSN - 0030-1558
DOI - 10.4044/joma.124.53
Subject(s) - cyst , medicine , pancreas , pancreaticoduodenectomy , pylorus , pancreatic mass , pancreatic disease , neoplasm , pancreatic cyst , radiology , pathology , gastroenterology , stomach
A 35-year-old man was found to have a cystic mass in the pancreatic body on a routine health examination ; high serum CA19-9 was also detected. The enucleated cyst was diagnosed as a lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC). A 74-year-old man found to have a cystic mass in the pancreatic head by computer tomography as well as high serum CA19-9 was suspected of a cystic neoplasm of the pancreas (IPMN), and pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy (PPPD) was performed. Pathologically, the cyst was found to be LEC. It is often difficult to diagnose pancreatic cyst as LEC preoperatively. Care should be taken not to do over-surgery for benign disease LEC
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