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Treatment of Middle-segment Pancreatic Benign Tumor Using Laparoscopic Central Pancreatectomy with End-to-end Pancreatic Duct Reconstruction
Published on: January 2, 2026
[Microcystic serous pancreatic cystadenoma]
Faten Farah-Klibi1, Olfa El Amine, Majd Ben Rejeb
1Laboratoire d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
Background:
The pancreatic cystic serous neoplasms are divided into two categories: benign serous cystadenoma (SCA) and malignant serous cystadenocarcinoma. Furthermore, based on the macroscopic appearances, SCAs are subdivided into serous microcystic adenomas (SMAs) and serous oligocystic or macrocystic adenomas.
Aim:
Report of a new case of SMA in which we emphasize on the diagnostic difficulties encountered against such tumor despite its relatively radiological easiness compared to the other variants.
Case Report:
We report the case of 84 year-old-woman with a microcystic serous cystadenoma of the pancreas which was identified on pathologic examination of the surgical specimen, after unconclusive abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography (CT)- scan.
Conclusion:
This case describes this rare entity and emphasizes that the diagnosis of such entity is still based on pathological examination after tumor removal.
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