Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm in a male patient.
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CONTEXT Mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) of the pancreas usually affects female patients and is characterized by an ovarian-type stroma. From literature review, only 9 cases of MCNs have been reported in male patients. CASE REPORT We describe the 10th case of a MCN in a 65-year-old male patient who underwent a distal pancreatectomy with spleen resection and standard lymphadenectomy. CONCLUSIONS MCN may rarely regard male patients, probably for embryological abnormalities.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JOP : Journal of the pancreas
دوره 13 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012