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[Solid cystic tumor of the pancreas. Case report]
L A Curvelo1, T Triviño, M H da Silva
1Disciplina de Gastroenterologia Clinica Cirúrgica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sáo Paulo - UNIFESP-EPM.
Arquivos De Gastroenterologia
|June 18, 1998
Abstract:
The solid and cystic tumour of the pancreas is a rare entity that occurs in young women. Clinically the patients are often asymptomatic, the tumor of variable size (2-10 cm) and show a fibrous encapsulation. In contrast to adenocarcinoma of pancreatic ductal cells, which is the most frequent tumor of the pancreas, this tumour have a slow growth, usually do not have metastases and have a favourable prognosis. The authors related the case and have done a revision of the illness.