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Serous vs. Mucinous vs. SPEN Tumors

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So let's deal with each category one by one.

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This is a serous tumor.

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They are situated outside the duct, extraductal,

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granular tumors, showing classical honeycomb

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appearance because there are multiple cysts.

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Those are measuring less than 2 centimeters.

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Number of cysts are usually

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more than six in number.

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And they're usually situated in the

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proximal pancreas and can demonstrate

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central scarring or calcification.

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So serous tumors are usually more than six cysts,

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and less than 2 cm in size, and they demonstrate

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thin septation, classical honeycombing appearance.

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Mucinous tumors are less than six cysts,

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more than 2 cm in size, and they

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demonstrate thick and thin septations.

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And serious tumor can be seen

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with Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome.

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This is mucinous tumor in the

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pancreatic tail, and we can see number

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of cysts are less than 6 in number.

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There are thick septations, and the

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cysts are measuring more than 2 cm.

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Mostly they are situated in the pancreatic

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tail, and seen in middle-aged females.

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These are SPN (Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm) tumors.

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And these are usually seen in

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younger females, mostly in the tail,

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but they can be situated anywhere.

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But remember, SPN tumors are solid cystic.

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They demonstrate hemorrhagic areas or

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necrosis, but they can mimic sometimes

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necrotic neuroendocrine tumor as well.

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So we have to be very cautious

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once we are calling it.

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Once we see the patient age group, young female,

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involving tail or distal pancreas, there is

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hemorrhagic content on T1-weighted images,

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then possibly we should lean towards this diagnosis.

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If there is enhancement in the early

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phase, specifically in the arterial phase,

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and the parenchyma, which is not necrotic,

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it is enhancing in the arterial phase,

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that will lean towards neuroendocrine tumor.

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And again, the age group will be

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different, or it will be a male patient.

Report

Faculty

Neeraj Lalwani, MD, FSAR, DABR

Professor and Chief of Abdominal Radiology

Montefiore Medical Center, New York

Tags

Pancreas

Non-infectious Inflammatory

Neoplastic

MRI

CT

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