Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) of the pancreas is a rare tumor which has malignant potential.Differentiating IPMN from other cystic lesions of the pancreas is difficult. Its clinical symptoms are nonspecific,including nausea,vomiting,abdominal pain,fever or jaundice,possibly accompanied by hyperamy lasemia of blood and urine.Some patients have acute pancreatitis or chronic cholecystitis.According to the result of a retrospective study on clinical and imaging data of 11 patients with IPMN,we drew a conclusion that cystic dilatation of the main or branch of pancreatic ducts and mural nodules,and cystic dilatation linked with the main pancreatic ducts are the characteristics of IPMN of the pancreas.Computed tomography diagnosis is feasible to provide important information for the diagnosis of IPMN of the pancreas.

作者：谢敏；唐志强

来源：中华消化外科杂志 2012 年 11卷 2期