MUCIN-PRODUCING CYSTIC NEOPLASM OF THE PANCREAS WITH ONSET IN CHILDHOOD - CASE-REPORT

Mucin-producing tumours of the pancreas have been recently reported wi th increasing frequency and most cases have occurred in middle-aged an d elderly people. In the present report, a case of a al-year-old man w ith mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas is reported. He had a long hi story of recurrent pancreatitis from the age of 8. When he was aged 10 , the first branch of the main pancreatic duct was shown to be enlarge d on endoscopic retrograde pancreaticography (ERP). A series of ERP st udies and computed tomography scans performed over a period of 11 year s demonstrated continuing growth of this enlargement of the pancreatic duct. Pancreaticoduodenectomy was performed and the patient has been well without further episodes of acute pancreatitis and has been free of recurrent tumour for 1 year.