Skip Navigation

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 36(1):65; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyi222
This Article
Right arrow Extract Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Request Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Yamaguchi, J.
Right arrow Articles by Sakamoto, Y.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Yamaguchi, J.
Right arrow Articles by Sakamoto, Y.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?


© 2006 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Image of the Month

A Case of Mucinous Cystic Tumor of the Pancreatic Tail

Junpei Yamaguchi and Yoshihiro Sakamoto

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

A 59-year-old woman, suffering from back pain, visited a territory hospital. A large cystic tumor was found in the left upper abdomen by an abdominal ultrasonography. The patient was referred to our hospital, and computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a large unilocular cystic tumor with multiple septa, sized 15 cm in diameter, in the pancreatic tail (Fig. 1). No solid components of the cystic wall, suggesting the presence of cancer cells, were found. Surrounding organs such as stomach, spleen, liver and colon were compressed but not invaded by the tumor. On magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP), the tumor showed high-intensity signals on T2-weighed images and had no continuity with the main pancreatic duct (Fig. 2). A diagnosis of mucinous cystic tumor (MCT) of the pancreatic tail was made. Distal pancreatectomy and partial resection of the transverse colon was performed successfully. Histopathological examination revealed mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the pancreas, which was in situ carcinoma without any invasion.


Figure 1
View larger version (129K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
  		Figure 1.
 

Figure 2
View larger version (124K):
[in this window]
[in a new window]
  		Figure 2.
 

Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?



This Article
Right arrow Extract Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Request Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Yamaguchi, J.
Right arrow Articles by Sakamoto, Y.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Yamaguchi, J.
Right arrow Articles by Sakamoto, Y.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?