Elevated Erythropoietin and Multicystic Neoplasm of the Pancreas

Cystic lesions of the pancreas are more frequently recognized due to the widespread use of improved imaging techniques. There are a variety of pancreatic cystic lesions with different clinical presentations and malignant potentials, and their management depends on the type of the cysts. Although the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case Reports in Oncology 2015-01, Vol.8 (1), p.148-152
Hauptverfasser: Nai, Qiang, Regeti, Kalyani, Arshed, Sabrina, Hossain, Mohammed Amzad, Zhang, Ping, Luo, Hongxiu, Singh, Shilpi, Mathew, Teena, Islam, Mohammed, Sen, Shuvendu, Yousif, Abdalla M., Duhl, Jozsef
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Zusammenfassung:Cystic lesions of the pancreas are more frequently recognized due to the widespread use of improved imaging techniques. There are a variety of pancreatic cystic lesions with different clinical presentations and malignant potentials, and their management depends on the type of the cysts. Although the early recognition of a cystic neoplasm with malignant potential provides an opportunity of early surgical treatment, the precise diagnosis of the cystic neoplasm can be a challenge, largely due to the lack of reliable biomarkers of malignant transformation. We report a case of a large, multicystic neoplasm within the body and tail of the pancreas complicated by elevated erythropoietin, which is likely related to the malignant transformation of the pancreatic neoplasm.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000377670