True congenital multicystic disease of the pancreas in the infant: a very rare case

Congenital Multilocular Pancreatic Cyst Originating from Head and Body of The Pancreas: A Challenging Diagnosis and Successful Total Cyst Excision

“…Congenital pancreatic cyst usually presents by US as upper abdominal fluid-filled cystic lesions, abdominal magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography are more valuable and usually show a well-defined homogenous unilocular cyst. MR imaging is however more superior to abdominal CT for evaluating the origin and relations of the cysts which is useful in preoperative planning [10][11][12].…”

“…Surgical excision of these cysts with enucleation, or resection being the typical approaches [3,10,11]. This however is not always possible and it depends on the size and location of the cyst.…”

“…of the pancreas which may necessitate distal pancreatectomy [5,6,11]. Cysts located in the head of the pancreas are difficult to be completely excised and better managed via internal drainage either cystoduodenostomy or Roux-en-Y cystojejunostomy [7,12].…”