May 2018 — Gastroenterology

By MCL Education • May 8, 2018

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A 33-year-old woman presented with abdominal cramps and intentional weight loss of 27 pounds. Abdominal CT revealed a right ovarian cyst suspicious for teratoma and a cystic mass posterior to pancreatic head. EUS-guided ultrasound showed a 4 x 3 cm cyst filled with mobile intracystic material. Cystic fluid analysis revealed increased amylase (26, 376 U/L) and increased CEA (5266 ng/mL). A Whipple-procedure was performed. Gross examination revealed a unilocular cystic mass (2.5 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm) along the periphery of pancreas, containing mucinous debris.

	Aishwarya Ravindran, M.B.B.S. Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Mayo Clinic
	Thomas Smyrk, M.D. Consultant, Anatomic Pathology Mayo Clinic Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

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