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| Diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lymphangioma in an 11-year-old boy with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration: A case report | ||||||
| Qian Chen1, Yun Wang1, Jinglin Wang1, Wei Hou1, Biao Zou2, Bin Cheng1 | ||||||
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1Endoscopy Unit of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
2Pediatric Department, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of HUST, Wuhan, China. | ||||||
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| Chen Q, Wang Y, Wang J, Hou W, Zou B, Cheng B. Diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lymphangioma in an 11-year-old boy with endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration: A case report. Int J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis 2016;6:114–120. |
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Introduction:
Pancreatic cystic lymphangioma (PCL) is an extremely rare benign tumor of lymphatic origin. Traditionally, it is diagnosed at surgery performed on a patient with a retroperitoneal cyst of unclear etiology. However, recently a few single case reports showed PCL was successfully diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound with fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA).
Case Report: We present a new case of PCL in an 11-year-old boy who came to our hospital for swelling of the body. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan revealed a 7.7×4.5 cm cystic lesion involving head and neck of the pancreas. EUS-FNA was subsequently performed and diagnosis of PCL was made based on result of cytological examination and measurement of aspirate. Conclusion: In agreement with previous reports, we show that EUS-FNA confirmed the cystic lesion in pancreas and further provided the gross, biochemical and cytological features supporting accurate diagnosis of PCL. | |
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Keywords:
Endoscopic ultrasound, Fine-needle aspiration, Pancreatic cystic lymphangioma
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Author Contributions
Qian Chen – Substantial contributions to conception and design, conducting the literature search, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Yun Wang – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published conducted Jinglin Wang – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published conducted Wei Hou – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published conducted Biao Zou – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published conducted Bin Cheng – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published conducted |
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Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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© 2016 Qian Chen et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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