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Cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration

Pancreatic lymphangiomas are rare, but benign neoplasms. Historically, the diagnoses in various case reports were mostly made after surgical resection. There are emerging data concerning the utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) to differentiate it from more sinist...

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Autores principales: Hussain, Ikram, Ang, Tiing Leong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28440240
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2303-9027.204807
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description Pancreatic lymphangiomas are rare, but benign neoplasms. Historically, the diagnoses in various case reports were mostly made after surgical resection. There are emerging data concerning the utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) to differentiate it from more sinister pancreatic cystic neoplasms. A confident preoperative diagnosis with EUS-FNA is crucial to avoid unnecessary workup or surgery, especially for small and asymptomatic lesions. Here, we present a rare case of asymptomatic pancreatic lymphangioma which was diagnosed with EUS-FNA. The case highlights that a preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic lymphangioma can be made with certainty.
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spelling pubmed-54189672017-05-19 Cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration Hussain, Ikram Ang, Tiing Leong Endosc Ultrasound Case Report Pancreatic lymphangiomas are rare, but benign neoplasms. Historically, the diagnoses in various case reports were mostly made after surgical resection. There are emerging data concerning the utility of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) to differentiate it from more sinister pancreatic cystic neoplasms. A confident preoperative diagnosis with EUS-FNA is crucial to avoid unnecessary workup or surgery, especially for small and asymptomatic lesions. Here, we present a rare case of asymptomatic pancreatic lymphangioma which was diagnosed with EUS-FNA. The case highlights that a preoperative diagnosis of pancreatic lymphangioma can be made with certainty. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5418967/ /pubmed/28440240 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2303-9027.204807 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Spring Media Publishing Co. Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration
title_full Cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration
title_fullStr Cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration
title_full_unstemmed Cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration
title_short Cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration
title_sort cystic pancreatic lymphangioma diagnosed with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28440240
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2303-9027.204807
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