Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm and Pancreas Divisum: Two Cases
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BACKGROUND Pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) are a subset of ductal cell tumors with potential for malignancy. Because it is difficult to predict whether and when they will become malignant, management and resection are widely debated. CASE 1 A 70-year-old male with a 1-year history of epigastric pain was found to have pancreas divisum with a dominant 2.4 cm multicystic uncinate process lesion communicating with the main pancreatic duct and associated uncinate duct dilation. CASE 2 An 83-year-old male with pancreas divisum had a 7.3 cm uncinate cystic lesion with mural nodularity that had increased in size from 2.1 cm in 2008. CONCLUSION Management of patients with IPMNs can be challenging and may require resection to prevent malignant transformation.
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