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Lipoma of the pancreas
- Source :
- Pancreatology. 12:493-494
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- 1424-3903/$ e see front matter http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2012.07.010 A 43-year-old womanwith a history of cesarean and right oophorectomy presented with dyspepsia and epigastric discomfort attributed to a carcinoid gastric tumor. Physical examinationwas normal. Subsequent Computed Tomography (CT) demonstrated a 17mm, nonenhancing well-circumscribed mass in the head of the pancreas, composed entirely of fat. Abdominal endoscopic ultrasonography (US) showed a round, solid, hypoechoic mass within pancreas; there was no biliary tract or pancreatic duct obstacle. An endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (EUS-FNA) confirmed the diagnosis (mature fat cells with no atypia). Pancreatic lipomas are uncommon mesenchymal tumors accounting for 1e2% of all pancreatic neoplasms. In most cases, symptoms are not specific and the diagnosis is usually made by non-invasive imaging, CT and/or Magnetic Resonance Imaging. CT characteristically depicts lipomas as homogeneus, well-defined mass with a few scattered vessels and thin septums with no central or peripheral contrast enhancement or any extravisceral continuation
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Endosonography
Diagnosis, Differential
Biopsy
medicine
Atypia
Humans
Pancreatic duct
Hepatology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Gastroenterology
Magnetic resonance imaging
Lipoma
medicine.disease
Pancreatic Neoplasms
medicine.anatomical_structure
Biliary tract
Female
Tomography
Radiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Pancreas
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14243903
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pancreatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cf89be75ab4c1111a7b7602748363a55