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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr 15;3(3):199-201.
doi: 10.14309/crj.2016.49. eCollection 2016 Apr.

Polycystic Pancreas

Amey D Sonavane  1 , Deepak N Amarapurkar  1 , Anjali D Amarapurkar  2
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Case Reports

Polycystic Pancreas

Amey D Sonavane et al. ACG Case Rep J. .

Abstract

Polycystic disease of the pancreas is a very rare entity with very few cases reported in the literature. We report a symptomatic case of polycystic pancreas associated with pheochromocytoma that was treated surgically.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Abdominal MRI showing innumerable cystic lesions of variable sizes diffusely involving the pancreas, almost completely replacing the parenchyma.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Abdominal MRI showing the largest cystic lesion (11 x 8.3 x 10 cm), which was exophytic.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Surgical specimen of the large polycystic lesion.
Figure 4
Figure 4
H&E stain of the pancreatic cyst wall showing multiple cystic spaces with benign epithelial lining (arrow) suggestive of polycystic disease of the pancreas (100x magnification).
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