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Multiple ‘cysts’ in the entire pancreas in a case of cystic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
Author(s) -
SUDA K.,
MATSUMOTO Y.,
FUJII H.,
SEKIKAWA T.,
YAMAMOTO M.,
EGUCHI H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1993.tb01203.x
Subject(s) - pancreas , medicine , pathology , adenocarcinoma , pathological , cyst , pancreatic disease , cuboidal cell , hyperplasia , stenosis , epithelium , radiology , cancer
A case of multiple ‘cysts’ coexisting with cystic adenocarcinoma in the pancreas is presented. The cysts were lined by epithelium consisting of either cuboidal and flat cells or mucinous cells, which formed a papillary pattern; the former cells were more frequent and the latter were considered to be hyperplasia. The pathological findings for the diffuse multiple cysts suggested cystic disease caused by ductal stenosis, while the mucinous cells may have been related to the malignant tumour.