Cystic pancreatic neoplasms: Report of a case and review of the literature

Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas are rare tumors. Because of very limited experience even in large medical centers, there is much debate regarding the evaluation and management of patients with these tumors. Recently, a patient presented to our community teaching hospital with an unusual complication of this rare tumor. She was found to have intra-abdominal hemorrhage from the erosion of a serous cystadenoma into the surrounding vasculature. In this report, we present this case and review the current literature with regard to the presentation, diagnosis, and management of cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.