Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor masquerading as intra-ductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: a case report

Pritesh Kumar N.; Yash Kumar Jain; Hirdaya H. Nag

doi:10.47892/rgp.2026.463.2218

Authors

Pritesh Kumar N. Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7262-677X
Yash Kumar Jain Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3834-1893
Hirdaya H. Nag Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0194-7752

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47892/rgp.2026.463.2218

Keywords:

Pancreatic cyst, Pancreatic Neoplasm, Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasms

Abstract

Pancreatic cysts are being commonly diagnosed owing to the increased utilization of radiological modalities for the evaluation of abdominal complaints. Cysts can represent an underlying benign, pre-malignant or malignant diagnosis, and making an accurate diagnosis is often challenging. Here we report a case of a pancreatic cystic lesion, provisionally diagnosed as intra-ductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) based on pre-operative and intra-operative findings, which on final histopathology turned out to be a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

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