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A 43-year-old man presented with abdominal discomfort caused by relapsing pancreatitis. Radiological examination revealed a multilocular cystic mass in the tail of the pancreas, which was resected. Gross examination showed a multilocular cystic lesion measuring 2.5 cm in diameter and containing clear fluid. Microscopically, a mucinous cystadenoma with mesenchymal stroma was diagnosed. The lesion showed two different components: a cyst lined by a columnar, mucin-secreting epithelium and a moderate cellular stroma composed of spindle cells. The stromal element appeared similar to primitive mesenchyme. Immunohistochemical staining confirmed this origin through vimentin expression and showed moderate to strong nuclear staining with oestrogen and progesterone receptor antibodies. Cystadenomas are rare tumours of the pancreas, but mesenchymal stroma is uncommon in such tumours; it is more frequently described in the liver and the bile ducts, and primarily in women.
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Received: 1 August 1997 / Accepted: 10 October 1997
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Wouters, K., Ectors, N., Van Steenbergen, W. et al. A pancreatic mucinous cystadenoma in a man with mesenchymal stroma, expressing oestrogen and progesterone receptors. Virchows Archiv 432, 187–189 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004280050154
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004280050154