Large mucinous adenoma of pancreas presenting with recurrent pancreatitis.

Cystic pancreatic tumors are an unfamiliar and rare entity even after the advent of modern abdominal imaging. Mucinous pancreatic tumors presenting with features of pancreatitis is a rare phenomenon moreover it creates a diagnostic dilemma and can lead to mismanagement. We report here such a case of mucinous cyst adenoma presented as recurrent pancreatitis and mimicking as a pancreatic pseudocyst. The correct diagnosis was made only on CT scan and was successfully treated by surgical excision in the form of distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy.