Traumatic Neuroma in the Pancreas Head Following Excision of Pseudocyst: A Brief Case Report
Korean Journal of Pathology
;
: 385-388, 2006.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-195875
ABSTRACT
We describe here a case of traumatic neuroma that developed in the pancreas head as a rare complication of pancreatic surgery for pseudocyst. A 50-year-old man presented with septic shock. The patient was a heavy drinker with history of operation for pancreatic pseudocyst 28 years ago. On the radiologic examinations, a poorly defined mass-like lesion was found in the uncinate process of pancreas, and it had features of chronic pancreatitis and a stricture of the distal common bile duct. Whipple's operation was performed due to the diagnosis of suspected pancreas head cancer. The pancreas revealed an ill-demarcated 4 cm sized firm mass with grayish white fibrotic cut surface in the head portion. On the microscopic examination, the mass was composed of haphazard proliferations of nerve fascicles in a fibrocollagenous matrix and this case was diagnosed as traumatic neuroma. Although traumatic neruoma is a rare cause of a pancreatic mass, it should be included as a differential diagnosis of pancreatic mass in patients with a history of pancreatic surgery.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pancreas
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Pancreatic Pseudocyst
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Shock, Septic
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Neoplasms, Post-Traumatic
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Common Bile Duct
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Pancreatitis, Chronic
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Head
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Pathology
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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