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CT scan showing lesion in the pancreas.
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A contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed a 2 cm mass in the body of pancreas (Figure 1).
MRI showing cystic and solid lesion in the pancreas.
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Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a 4 cm cystic lesion in the body of Pancreas suggestive of a mucinous cyst adenocarcinoma (Figure 2).
Gross specimen of the lesion.
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Its cut surface showed solid and cystic spaces (Figure 3).
Photomicrograph of papillary cystic and solid tumour of the pancreas (haematoxylin and eosin x40).
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The cyst wall was composed of dense acellular fibrous tissue within which the tumour cells were arranged as cords and trabeculae set within a mucinous background (Figure 4).