[Chronic pancreatitis with pseudocysts?]

Pathologe. 2013 May;34(3):272-5. doi: 10.1007/s00292-012-1717-2.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The gross examination of cystic changes in chronic pancreatitis can cause diagnostic problems particularly in the absence of grossly detectable tumor tissue. Besides the more frequently encountered pancreatitis-associated pseudocysts, pancreatic cysts should always raise attention to the differential diagnosis of a true neoplastic process.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / pathology*
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous / surgery
  • Pancreas / pathology
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / surgery
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / pathology*
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / surgery

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor