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case_images: CT aspect of a pancreatic tail tumour
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case_images: F1
case_images: An intravenous enhanced abdominal CT scan revealed a well-defined lesion, 35 mm diameter, arising from the tail of the pancreas, hypodense, without contrast enhancement (Fig. 1).
case_images: Distal pancreatectomy specimen presenting a cystic lesion - the pathological result established it to be a cystadenoma
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case_images: F2
case_images: The patient was referred to surgery, where a distal pancreatectomy with spleen preservation was performed (Fig. 2), since the abdominal exploration showed no local invasion or distant metastases.
case_images: Wall cyst of the pancreas with flat epithelium, HEX10
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case_images: F3
case_images: The histopathologic finding was consistent with a benign serous cystadenoma, with frequent dilated pancreatic ducts, some of them with cystic appearance, lined by cuboidal epithelial cells (Fig. 3,4).