Degenerated Serous Cystic Tumor of the Pancreas: Case Report and Literature Review of an Aggressive Presentation of a Benign Tumor

Xenofon Papazarkadas; Eleftherios Gialamas; Galab M. Hassan; Roland Chautems; Aurelie Bornand; Giacomo Puppa; Christian Toso

doi:10.12659/AJCR.936165

15 August 2022 : Case report Switzerland

Degenerated Serous Cystic Tumor of the Pancreas: Case Report and Literature Review of an Aggressive Presentation of a Benign Tumor

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Xenofon Papazarkadas^1ABCDEF, Eleftherios Gialamas^2ABCDEF*, Galab M. Hassan^3AE, Roland Chautems^1BF, Aurelie Bornand^4AEF, Giacomo Puppa^4AF, Christian Toso

^2ABCDEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936165

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936165

Authors information Article notes Copyright and License information

Background Case Report Discussion Conclusions References:

View HTML version

Table 1. Studies involving degenerated serous cystadenomas of the pancreas and selected treatment.

Author/Year	Symptoms/signs	Localization	Malignant feature(s)	Surgical treatment	Outcome
Kameh et al, 1991 []¹¹	Jaundice	Head	Focal perineural invasion	Total pancreatectomy	Not disclosed
Ohta et al, 1993 []¹²	Incidental finding	Body	Vascular and perivascular invasion	Enucleation	Cured
Widmaier et al, 1996 []¹³	Abnormal liver tests	Head	Lymph node metastasis	Pylorus-preserving partial duodenopancreatectomy	Cured
Abe et al, 1998 [14]	Palpable mass at the left hypochondrium	Body and tail	Lymph node invasion	Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy	Cured
Friebe et al, 2005 [15]	Anorexia, weight loss, abdominal pain	Body and tail	Spleen invasion	Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy	Cured
Matsumoto et al, 2005 [16]	Palpable mass at the left hypochondrium	Tail	Spleen and colonic mesentery invasion, Single lymph node metastasis	Distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy, and segmental resection of the colon	Cured
Shintaku et al, 2005 [17]	Fatigue and diarrhea	Body and tail	Spleen and neural invasion	Distal gastrectomy, distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy	Not disclosed
King et al, 2009 [18]	Gastric bleeding and abdominal pain	Head	Duodenal invasion	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	Cured
Cho et al, 2011 [19]	Hematochezia	Tail	Spleen and transverse colon invasion	Distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy, and segmental resection of the colon	Not disclosed
Kadhirvel et al, 2015 [20]	Abdominal pain	Body and tail	Spleen invasion by contiguity	Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy	Not disclosed
Gao et al, 2016 [21]	Back pain	Body	Spleen vein encasement	Distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy	Not disclosed
Kawai et al, 2020 [22]	Palpable mass at the left hypochondrium	Head	Superior mesenteric vein invasion	Pancreaticoduodenectomy with resection of limited superior mesenteric vein	Liver and peritoneal metastases after 4 years
Yagi et al, 2020 [23]	Diabetes mellitus	Tail	Spleen invasion	Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy	Cured

Back to the Article

Degenerated Serous Cystic Tumor of the Pancreas: Case Report and Literature Review of an Aggressive Presentation of a Benign Tumor

Your Privacy