True congenital multicystic disease of the pancreas in the infant: a very rare case

The most frequent pancreatic cysts in patients of developmental age are pseudocysts, neoplastic cysts, posttraumatic cysts, and parasitic cysts. Retention cysts, duplication cysts, and congenital cysts are called true cysts. Among the true cysts, congenital cysts are very rare and include 1% of all...

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Published in:Journal of ultrasound 2022-09, Vol.25 (3), p.721-723
Main Authors: Farina, Renato, Foti, Pietro Valerio, Iannace, Francesco Aldo, Conti, Andrea, Pennisi, Isabella, Calcagno, Maria Carla, Basile, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case Report
Cysts
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pancreas
Signs and symptoms
Ultrasound
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Summary:The most frequent pancreatic cysts in patients of developmental age are pseudocysts, neoplastic cysts, posttraumatic cysts, and parasitic cysts. Retention cysts, duplication cysts, and congenital cysts are called true cysts. Among the true cysts, congenital cysts are very rare and include 1% of all pancreatic cysts. The finding of true congenital pancreatic cysts in children under 3 years represents a very rare event; less than 30 have been described in the literature. We describe the case of a 3-year-old male who came to our observation for abdominal pain and underwent an abdomen ultrasound examination. The ultrasound examination showed unilocular sub-centimeter cystic lesions, distributed throughout the pancreatic parenchyma. The patient was, therefore, not subjected to any treatment, and after a few days, the symptoms regressed spontaneously. This description probably represents the first case in the literature of “congenital multicystic disease” of the pancreas.
ISSN:1876-7931
1971-3495
1876-7931
DOI:10.1007/s40477-020-00472-9