Medical Definition of Microcystic adenoma of pancreas
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Benign tumour of pancreas, M:F = 1:4, peak age 69 years of age, tiny cysts filled with GLYCOGEN, not mucin, large (ca. 10 cm), innumerable small cysts (1mm - 20mm), central stellate scar with or without calcification, hypervascular, head = body = tail, ** associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Cf: macrocystic adenoma, alias mucinous cystic neoplasm
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microcystic Adenoma Of Pancreas
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