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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2023

Large cystic lymphangioma of the pancreas: unusual finding with differential diagnosis and therapeutic considerations.

Nikolaos Tasis, Eleni Mpalampou, Aikaterini Sarafi, Evangelia Skafida, Ioannis Tsouknidas, Evangelos Fradelos, Dimitrios K Manatakis, Dimitrios P Korkolis

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nikolaos TasisDepartment of Surgical Oncology, General Anticancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens "Saint Savvas", Athens, Greece.
Eleni MpalampouDepartment of Surgical Oncology, General Anticancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens "Saint Savvas", Athens, Greece.
Aikaterini SarafiDepartment of Surgical Oncology, General Anticancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens "Saint Savvas", Athens, Greece.
Evangelia SkafidaDepartment of Pathology, General Anticancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens "Saint Savvas", Athens, Greece.
Ioannis TsouknidasDepartment of General Surgery, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, PA, United States.
Evangelos Fradelos2nd Department of Surgery, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios K Manatakis2nd Department of Surgery, Athens Naval and Veterans Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios P KorkolisDepartment of Surgical Oncology, General Anticancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens "Saint Savvas", Athens, Greece.
St Savas Hospital · GRAthens Naval & Veterans Hospital · GRLankenau Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphangiomas are rare benign tumours of lymphatic vascular origin. They are more common in the paediatric population and manifest mainly in the neck and axillary region. Retroperitoneal lymphangiomas are <1% and pancreatic origin is even rarer. We present a case of a pancreatic cystic lymphangioma in a 60-year-old woman with chronic diffuse symptoms, diagnosed because of newly onset of diabetes mellitus. She was successfully managed with distal pancreatectomy and spleenectomy en-bloc with the cystic mass without any complications. Cystic lymphangioma of the pancreas is a rare entity presenting with a challenging preoperative diagnosis as imaging modalities may provide ambiguous information. The clinician should be aware of its complicated differential diagnosis and its persistent and subtle symptomatology.

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distal pancreatectomylymphangiomapancreaspancreatic lymphangioma

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PMID38130650
PMCPMC10733718
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