Retroperitoneal Bronchogenic Cyst as a Differential Diagnosis of Pancreatic Mucinous Cystic Tumor

Cystic tumors of the pancreas where a pseudocyst has not been able to be excluded has been considered potentially proliferative and pre-malignant or malignant and thus aggressive surgical approach has been advocated. Retroperitoneal cystic tumors are rare and among these bronchogenic cysts are extre...

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Published inDigestive surgery Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 55 - 57
Main Authors Andersson, Roland, Lindell, Gert, Cwikiel, Wojciech, Dawiskiba, Sigmund
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2003
Subjects
Adult
Bronchogenic Cyst - complications
Bronchogenic Cyst - diagnosis
Bronchogenic Cyst - diagnostic imaging
Bronchogenic Cyst - surgery
Case Reports
Clinical Medicine
Cystadenoma, Mucinous - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Kirurgi
Klinisk medicin
Male
Medical and Health Sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Pancreatic Diseases - diagnosis
Pancreatic Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Pancreatic Diseases - surgery
Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnosis
Radiologi och bildbehandling
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
Retroperitoneal Space
Surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Retroperitoneum
Pancreas
Bronchogenic cyst
Cystic tumor
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Summary:Cystic tumors of the pancreas where a pseudocyst has not been able to be excluded has been considered potentially proliferative and pre-malignant or malignant and thus aggressive surgical approach has been advocated. Retroperitoneal cystic tumors are rare and among these bronchogenic cysts are extremely infrequent. The present paper describes a case of bronchogenic cyst in association with the pancreas in which diagnostic work-up was not able to exclude a proliferative pancreatic cystic tumor.
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ISSN:0253-4886
1421-9883
DOI:10.1159/000068851