Malignant Transformation of an Epidermoid Cyst in an Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen: A Case Report
10.1007/s13139-019-00631-9
- Author:
Jiyoung WANG
1
;
Won Jun KANG
;
Hojin CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2020;54(1):58-60
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
A 33-year-old man was evaluated because of an incidentally found cyst in the pancreatic tail, which was first seen 6 years ago. The cyst was a unilocular cystic mass, 13.0 cm in diameter, and had increased in size in last 2 months. On F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT), the cystic wall showed increased FDG uptake. The patient underwent distal pancreatectomy with suspicion of mucinous cystic neoplasm of the pancreas. The mass turned out to be a squamous carcinoma arising from an epidermoid cyst in an intrapancreatic accessory spleen (ECIPAS). FDG PET/CT may assist recognition of a potential malignant lesion arising from an ECIPAS.
