A case of intraductal papillary tumor of pancreas associated with mucinous ductal ectasia

Korean J Intern Med. 1997 Jan;12(1):100-4. doi: 10.3904/kjim.1997.12.1.100.

Abstract

Intraductal papillary neoplasm associated with mucinous ductal ectasia is an uncommon cystic disease of the pancreas. This tumor is characterized by the multilocular cyst lined by mucin producing cells with variable degrees of atypia and ductal ectasia. In addition, this tumor has a favorable prognosis in contrast to other mucinous cystic tumor of the pancreas. Reports on intraductal mucin producing tumor are quite limited and most of them are found in Japanese literature. We report a case of intraductal papillary adenocarcinoma with marked dilatation of the pancreatic duct filled with mucin in a 72-year-old female patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / pathology
  • Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / surgery
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mucins / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Ducts / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Ducts / pathology
  • Pancreatic Ducts / surgery
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Mucins