Malignant Transformation of an Epidermoid Cyst in an Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen: A Case Report

Malignant Transformation of an Epidermoid Cyst in an Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen: A Case Report

A 33-year-old man was evaluated because of an incidentally found cyst in the pancreatic tail, which was first seen 6 years ago. The cyst was a unilocular cystic mass, 13.0 cm in diameter, and had increased in size in last 2 months. On F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tom...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2020, 54(1), , pp.58-60
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Jiyoung, Kang, Won Jun, Cho, Hojin
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Cardiology
Case Report
Case reports
Computed tomography
Cysts
Fluorine isotopes
Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Orthopedics
Pancreas
Positron emission
Radioisotopes
Radiology
Spleen
Tomography
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Zusammenfassung:A 33-year-old man was evaluated because of an incidentally found cyst in the pancreatic tail, which was first seen 6 years ago. The cyst was a unilocular cystic mass, 13.0 cm in diameter, and had increased in size in last 2 months. On F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT), the cystic wall showed increased FDG uptake. The patient underwent distal pancreatectomy with suspicion of mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. The mass turned out to be a squamous carcinoma arising from an epidermoid cyst in an intrapancreatic accessory spleen (ECIPAS). FDG PET/CT may assist recognition of a potential malignant lesion arising from an ECIPAS.
ISSN:1869-3474
1869-3482
DOI:10.1007/s13139-019-00631-9