Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Pancreas. Case Report and Review of the Literature of a Rare Pancreatic Cystic Lesion

摘要

Context Pancreatic cysticlesions are increasingly recognized and comprise different pathologicalentities. The management of these lesions is challenging, because of inadequatepreoperative histological diagnosis. Among this family of lesions, maturecystic teratomas are an extremely rare finding. Case report We presentthe case of a 61-year-old man with a mature cystic teratoma of the pancreas’uncinate process, incidentally discovered at diagnostic imaging. ConclusionsThis case highlights the difficulty to obtain a preoperative diagnosis of thispathological entity and the need of increased awareness about mature cysticteratoma when examining a pancreatic cystic lesion.