CONTEXT Imaging characterization is a frequent topic in diagnostic evaluation of patients with pancreatic cystic lesions. CASE REPORT We present a patient with a true pancreatic cyst with internal septation in an adult female. The presence of the internal septum should be considered in the differential diagnosis, in fact in our case CT and MR imaging findings were incorrectly suggestive of mu...

BACKGROUND Cystic pancreatic lesions are increasingly more frequent detected clinical entities. Mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) is a hormone-related pancreatic tumor (HRTP) with a strong predominance in young and middle-aged females. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we present the case of a 31-year-old surgically transgendered female-to-male patient with a history of alcoholic pancreatitis, on chronic ...

Macrocystic serous cystadenoma is an unusual and essentially benign pancreatic tumor. Herein, we report on a 40-year-old woman diagnosed with macrocystic serous cystadenoma who presented with obstructive jaundice. A cystic lesion in the head and body of the pancreas was revealed by abdominal computed tomography. Intraoperative pancreatic cyst aspiration ruled out mucinous cystic neoplasm which ...

TABLE 1 Landmarks in the history of the islets of Langerhans 1869 First description of pancreatic islets by Langerhans 1902 First tumour of the islets described by Nicholls 1922 Discovery of insulin by Banting and Best 1923 Discovery of glucagon by Murlin and colleagues 1924 Harris postulates the possibility of insulinoma 1927 Wilder extracts insulin from a malignant pancreatic tumour explored ...

A 60-year-old Caucasian male underwent a total pancreatectomy for a mixed type pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) arising in the main and secondary pancreatic ducts. During surgery, a subserosal polypoid mass was noted at the greater curvature of the gastric antrum and was enucleated. This mass was proven to be heterotopic pancreatic tissue with cystic neoplasia of the IP...

CONTEXT Large bowel obstruction with perforation is an anomalous presentation of pancreatic tail carcinoma. Pancreatic cancer is often difficult to diagnose clinically and is especially furtive when it is located in the tail of the pancreas. CASE REPORT We describe a patient who presented with large bowel obstruction due to splenic flexure mass which proved to be due to pancreatic mucinous ad...

Pancreatic cancer is well known to be an aggressive and highly malignant condition with varied ways of presentation. Pancreatic cystic neoplasms are very uncommon causes of pancreatic malignancy and can often be ignored or missed, especially in the early stages. We present the case of a 49-year-old Caucasian male with no past medical history presenting to an outside facility with sudden epigast...

A pancreatic endocrine tumour arising within a serous cystadenoma is reported. A 49 year old woman was admitted with a history of epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss of two months duration. She had been diabetic for 12 years. An epigastric mass was palpated in the physical examination, and computed tomography revealed a multiloculated cystic lesion in the pancreas. Pathological e...

TABLE 1 Landmarks in the history of the islets of Langerhans 1869 First description of pancreatic islets by Langerhans 1902 First tumour of the islets described by Nicholls 1922 Discovery of insulin by Banting and Best 1923 Discovery of glucagon by Murlin and colleagues 1924 Harris postulates the possibility of insulinoma 1927 Wilder extracts insulin from a malignant pancreatic tumour explored ...