| Pseudocyst
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Etiology
• Sequel to either acute or chronic pancreatitis
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Pathogenesis
• Residuum of necrotic pancreatic tissue,
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Epidemiology
• Associated with alcohol, gallstones or other etiologies of pancreatitis
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General Gross Description
• Usually unilocular intra- or peripancreatic cyst containing heterogeneous material including old blood
• Wall may be very dense
• May communicate with pancreatic duct system
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General Microscopic Description
• Pseudocyst has no epithelial lining and contains blood clot, hemosiderin laden macrophages, cholesterol clefts.
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Clinical Correlation
• Treatment by drainage into stomach or resection
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 904.
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| Pseudocyst
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| Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T59000M33490)[46]
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