Abstract
We report a case of a serous cystadenoma of the pancreas.
A 70-year-old woman who had been followed in the outpatient clinic for a multilocular pancreatic cyst in the pancreatic body for 11 years was admitted to the hospital because the size of the cyst increased recently. Abdominal enhanced CT scan showed multilocular cysts with the maximum diameter of about 3.0cm, a high desity lesion and calcification in the pancreatic body. ERCP did not demonstrate compression and obstruction of the main pancreatic duct. Pancreatic segmental resection was performed with the most likely diagnosis of mucinous cystic tumor of the pancreas. Histopathological studies revealed serous cystadenoma of the pancreas with single cuboidal epithelium. No malignant findings were seen, and thus serous cystadenoma of the pancreas was diagnoced.
Gnerally speaking, serous cyst adenoma of the pancreas has microcysts, but the adenoma in our case had macrocysts. Macrocystic type of this tumor is rare and our case is presented here with a review of the literature.
