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Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas

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Radiology of the Pancreas

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Cystic neoplasms are rare tumors of the pancreas. There are two distinct types: (a) mucinous cystic tumors (mucinous cystadenoma; mucinous cystadenocarcinoma), which have a high malignant potential; and (b) microcystic adenomas (serous cystadenoma), which are benign. There has been considerable confusion regarding the differences between these two lesions. In the older literature, mucinous cystadenomas most often were confused with microcystic adenomas (1–5). More recently, however, the specific differences between these two tumors have been carefully defined by Compagno and Oertel, and by Hodgkinson, ReMine, and Weiland (6–9).

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    Patrick C. Freeny M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology)

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    Thomas L. Lawson M.D. (Professor of Radiology)

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Freeny, P.C., Lawson, T.L. (1982). Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas. In: Radiology of the Pancreas. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5689-2_11

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