Clinical research on intraductal papillary-mucinous tumor of the pancreas / 中华消化杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical, rad iographic and pathological features of intraductal papillary-mucinous tumor of the pancreas(IPMT). Methods The features, imaging manifestation and pathological find ings of 9 patients with IPMT were reviewed. Results There were 6 male and 3 female in this series with ag e ra nging from 37 to 76 years(average 68.4 years). The common complaint was upper ab dominal pain. Most of the tumors located at the head of pancreas. The feature of ERCP findings include dilation of the orifice of the papilla of Vater, swelling of the papilla of Vater, massive mucin production and dilation of main pancreat ic duct. The pathological finding is adenoma or adenocarcinoma. Conclusions IPMT is a kind of pancreatic tumor and its prognosis i s better than pancreatic duct cancer. We should differentiate IPMT from other pa ncreatic tumors.