Clinical case Mucinous Papillary Intra Ductal Tumor of the Pancreas

Abstract

Introduction: The appearance of new imaging techniques and greater knowledge of this entity have contributed to the diagnosis of the Mucinous Papular Intraductal Tumor has increased in the last decade. In the present article, we describe a case of a patient with pancreatic papillary intraductal mucosal tumor, incidental finding in abdominal CT scan.

Clinical Case: This is a 71-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes, essential arterial hypertension, and intervened breast cancer. In a control study with abdominal CT, a pancreatic tumor of 3 x 1.1 cm was observed. A transgastric puncture was performed, which obtained a sample for pathological study, which reported an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia.

Evolution: The patient underwent surgery with the Whipple Technique, with pancreaticoduodenectomy, in which the head of the pancreas with the adjacent tumor was removed. The pathology study confirmed an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm. The patient did not present post-operative complications and continues in external consultation review.

Conclusion: Because it is a malignant lesion, the opportune and correct diagnosis was important in this case, for the operative surgical therapeutic behavior.