Cystic degeneration of ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic tail

H’ng MWC, Kwek JW, Teo CHY, Cheong DMO
Correspondence: Dr Jin Wei Kwek, kwek.jin.wei@nccs.com.sg

ABSTRACT
We present a 54-year-old Chinese man with a tumour at the pancreatic tail associated with a presumed cystic splenic lesion. Histological examination showed a pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with extensive cystic degeneration and invasion of the spleen, a rare imaging presentation for such a tumour.

Keywords: ductal adenocarcinoma, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, pancreatic tumour, pancreatic cyst degeneration, splenic cystic lesion
Singapore Med J 2009; 50(3): e91-e93