Pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasm in a male patient

JOP. 2012 Nov 10;13(6):687-9. doi: 10.6092/1590-8577/1117.

Abstract

Context: Mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) of the pancreas usually affects female patients and is characterized by an ovarian-type stroma. From literature review, only 9 cases of MCNs have been reported in male patients.

Case report: We describe the 10th case of a MCN in a 65-year-old male patient who underwent a distal pancreatectomy with spleen resection and standard lymphadenectomy.

Conclusions: MCN may rarely regard male patients, probably for embryological abnormalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cystadenoma, Mucinous / diagnosis
  • Cystadenoma, Mucinous / pathology*
  • Cystadenoma, Mucinous / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery