Report of a case of pancreatic hemangioma: A difficult preoperative diagnosis

Abstract

International Journal of Case Reports and Images (IJCRI) is an international, peer reviewed, monthly, open access, online journal, publishing high-quality, articles in all areas of basic medical sciences and clinical specialties.Aim of IJCRI is to encourage the publication of new information by providing a platform for reporting of unique, unusual and rare cases which enhance understanding of disease process, its diagnosis, management and clinico-pathologic correlations. IJCRI publishes ABSTRACTHemangiomas can be found in various organs in the gastrointestinal tract but are rarely described in the pancreas. We report here a case of 71-year-old female who presented on abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan an incidental finding of cystic lesion in the tail of the pancreas. Follow-up magnetic resonance imaging scan after three months showed well demarcated multi loculated lesion increasing in size comparing to the last CT scan. The patient underwent laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy. The pathological analysis of the specimen showed a pancreatic hemangioma with no features of malignancy. The clinical presentation, radiological features and the modalities of diagnosis are here discussed.(This page in not part of the published article.)

Rare case of adult pancreatic haemangioma and literature review

“…The size varied from 0.6 to 20 cm 3 5 6. In 52% (12/23), including the present case,6–16 the haemangioma occurred in the body and/or tail and in 10 cases in the head. Only in one case the pancreas was totally compromised 5…”

“…Definitive preoperative diagnosis is difficult and inconclusive in view of the rarity of the disease and the absence of important clinical symptoms. Often they are incidental findings in imaging examinations,6 16 20 as in our case, and possible malignancy is not ruled out. Final diagnosis was based on a combination of clinical, radiological and histopathological findings.…”

Cavernous Hemangioma of Adult Pancreas: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…Tumors located in the head of the pancreas have been treated by pancreaticoduodenectomy in most cases [6,10,11,15,17,21,27,29]. Tumors located in the body and tail of the pancreas [8,12,16,22,24,25] have been treated by local resection with spleen preservation or partial excision.…”