Abstract
Lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) of the pancreas is almost always reported as a case report
or in small series mostly in male adult patients with vague clinical manifestations
and difficult pre-operative diagnosis. Between the years 2007 and 2012, two female
children with LEC of the pancreas were operated on at the Children's Surgical Unit
of Murtala Mohammad Specialist Hospital, Kano in northern Nigeria. Satisfactory outcomes
were achieved after distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy in one and a Whipple procedure
in the other. This benign lesion of the pancreas should be considered in the differential
diagnosis of cystic lesions of the pancreas in children.
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 2,
2012
Received in revised form:
October 1,
2012
Received:
May 16,
2012
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