Dermoid cyst of the head of the pancreas area

Iacono, Calogero; Zamboni, Giuseppe; Marcello, R.; Zicari, Marianna; Maran, Michela; Montresor, Elisa; Nicoli, N; Serio, Giovanni

doi:10.1007/bf02784936

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“…Basically, if apt diagnoses were made, mature cystic teratomas do not need to be resected because they are benign, although a small percentage of them may develop into malignant forms 14. If they cause a mass effect, or if the possibility of MCTs or IPMTs is undeniable, they should be totally resected.…”

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“…Mature cystic teratomas of the pancreas (dermoid cyst) are extremely uncommon. To our knowledge, only 16 cases [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] have hitherto been reported in the literature. Although current imaging modalities are very useful for the preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic cysts, the findings are sometimes inconclusive, and we recently experienced two cases of mature cystic teratoma of the pancreas for which correct diagnoses could not be made preoperatively.…”

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Image-diagnostic features of mature cystic teratomas of the pancreas: report on two cases difficult to diagnose preoperatively

Seki

Ninomiya²,

Aruga

et al. 2005

J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg

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This report documents the findings of two rare cases of mature cystic teratoma of the pancreas. Although they could not be diagnosed preoperatively, our retrospective report suggests that the combined diagnosis of ultrasonography (US), enhanced computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) might allow differentiation from other cystic lesions such as mucinous cystic tumors (MCTs) and intraductal papillary-mucinous tumors (IPMTs). Since the cystic teratomas were both filled with keratinous and sebaceous material, they were echogenic, appearing as solid masses on US. Enhanced CT showed their cystic nature, with values slightly higher than water, and MRCP revealed defects of internal signals.

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Image-diagnostic features of mature cystic teratomas of the pancreas: report on two cases difficult to diagnose preoperatively

Seki

Ninomiya²,

Aruga

et al. 2005

J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg

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“…Mature teratoma is a benign extragonadal germ cell tumor with mature tissues derived from all three germinal layers [31]. They have no gender predom-inance; the mean age of these patients is 29 years.…”

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Solid-pseudopapillary, Acinar, and Other Cystic Neoplasms

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Zamboni²,

Manfredi³

et al. 2013

Uncommon Pancreatic Neoplasms

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“…1 Cystic teratomas of the pancreas are extremely rare, with only 22 cases reported in world literature to date. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] We report the 23rd case of a pancreatic cystic teratoma and use this opportunity to review the clinical, radiological and pathological characteristics of this rare lesion.…”

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“…The mean age of reported patients was 34.7 years (range 2-74 years). [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Pancreatic cystic teratomas occur with slightly more frequency in men (59%) than in women (41%). In addition, they are more commonly located in the head (41%) or body (47%) of the pancreas, whereas only rarely they are found in the tail (12%) of the pancreas.…”

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