False-positive cytology in diagnostic laparoscopy due to ectopic pancreas.
Dig Surg
; 16(5): 434-6, 1999.
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| ID: mdl-10567808
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Report on a case of incorrect diagnosis after laparoscopy and peritoneal fluid sampling.METHODS:
Case description and literature review.RESULTS:
Diagnostic laparoscopy is a frequently used tool. In a patient with chronic abdominal pain, a diagnostic laparoscopy was performed, and a peritoneal fluid sample was taken. Cytology of the aspirated peritoneal fluid revealed an adenocarcinoma. At laparotomy, ectopic pancreas was found as the source of the false-positive cytology.CONCLUSION:
In the diagnosis of adenocarcinomas from peritoneal fluid aspirates without an obvious clinical location (tumor), ectopic pancreatic tissue should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pâncreas
/
Gastropatias
/
Coristoma
/
Laparoscopia
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article