Pancreatic angiomatosis

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Pancreatic angiomatosis: report of a case (Surg Today. 2008;38(1):72-5. Epub 2007 Dec 24). Authors are So T Matsuda H Sonoda T et al, from the Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. Recent advances in imaging techniques such as CT and (MRI) have enabled us to detect pancreatic cysts. We report a rare case of pancreatic angiomatosis in a 21-year-old woman who presented with vague abdominal pain, a feeling of fullness, and nausea. Abdominal US, CT, and MRI showed a huge mass in the right upper abdomen. We performed pylorus-preserving pancreato-duodenectomy, and the histopathological examination of the excised specimen revealed that the tumor was angiomatosis, probably originating from parapancreatic fibro-adipose tissue. A complete surgical excision should be performed as curative treatment for pancreatic angiomatosis, which is an extremely rare disease when not associated with Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. To access the full abstract of the article, click here