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*Abbreviated ''IPMT''.
*Abbreviated ''IPMT''.
*[[AKA]] ''intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm'', abbreviated ''IPMN''.
*[[AKA]] ''intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm'', abbreviated ''IPMN''.
===General===
===General===
*Papillomatous growth pattern.
*Morphologically and biologically distinct from ductal adenocarcinoma, mucinous cystic tumour and ductal papillary hyperplasia.
*Morphologically and biologically distinct from ductal adenocarcinoma, mucinous cystic tumour and ductal papillary hyperplasia.
*Prognosis: favourable, if caught earlier; not much different than ductal adenocarcinoma if caught later.<ref name=pmid12377813>{{cite journal |author=Maire F, Hammel P, Terris B, ''et al.'' |title=Prognosis of malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumours of the pancreas after surgical resection. Comparison with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |journal=Gut |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=717–22 |year=2002 |month=November |pmid=12377813 |pmc=1773420 |doi= |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=12377813}}</ref>
*Prognosis: favourable, if caught earlier; not much different than ductal adenocarcinoma if caught later.<ref name=pmid12377813>{{cite journal |author=Maire F, Hammel P, Terris B, ''et al.'' |title=Prognosis of malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumours of the pancreas after surgical resection. Comparison with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |journal=Gut |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=717–22 |year=2002 |month=November |pmid=12377813 |pmc=1773420 |doi= |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=12377813}}</ref>
Clinical:
*Patient usually not jaundiced... as no obstruction.
*Often diabetes... as pancreas is destroyed.
*Patients may get a total pancreatectomy - as the disease is often multifocal.


Another paper: <ref name=pmid20374620>{{cite journal |author=Baiocchi GL, Portolani N, Missale G, ''et al.'' |title=Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas (IPMN): clinico-pathological correlations and surgical indications |journal=World J Surg Oncol |volume=8 |issue= |pages=25 |year=2010 |pmid=20374620 |pmc=2858722 |doi=10.1186/1477-7819-8-25 |url=http://wjso.com/content/8/1/25}}</ref>
Another paper: <ref name=pmid20374620>{{cite journal |author=Baiocchi GL, Portolani N, Missale G, ''et al.'' |title=Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas (IPMN): clinico-pathological correlations and surgical indications |journal=World J Surg Oncol |volume=8 |issue= |pages=25 |year=2010 |pmid=20374620 |pmc=2858722 |doi=10.1186/1477-7819-8-25 |url=http://wjso.com/content/8/1/25}}</ref>
===Epidemiology===
====Epidemiology====
*1% of all exocrine pancreatic tumours.
*~1% of all exocrine pancreatic tumours.
*More common in males.
*More common in males.
*Mean age at presentation 62 years.
*Mean age at presentation 62 years.
*60-80% occur in the head of the pancreas.
*60-80% occur in the head of the pancreas.
*Average size 4 cm.
*Average size 4 cm.
Khalifa's theory:
*Nothing but dilation of pancreatic duct + hypersecretion.


===Gross===
===Gross===
*May be patchy/multifocal.
*May be patchy/multifocal.
*Multiple cystic spaces.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:
Features:
*Cell enlargement.
*Pancreatic duct lining cells jut into the duct lumen - papillomatous growth pattern.
*Increased [[NC ratio]].
*Cytology:
*Nuclear crowding and [[nuclear pleomorphism|pleomorphism]].
**Cell enlargement.
*Papillary tufting.
***Increased mucin production.
*Mitotic activity.
**Nuclear changes:
*Increased mucin production.
***Increased [[NC ratio]].
***Nuclear crowding and [[nuclear pleomorphism|pleomorphism]].
**Mitotic activity.
 
Note:
*No ovarian type stroma underneath (as seen in mucinous tumours).


DDx:
DDx:
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*[[Invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas]].
*[[Invasive ductal carcinoma of the pancreas]].


===Classification IMPT===
====Classification IMPT====
Commonly classified by the duct involvement:<ref name=pmid20397268>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ikeuchi | first1 = N. | last2 = Itoi | first2 = T. | last3 = Sofuni | first3 = A. | last4 = Itokawa | first4 = F. | last5 = Tsuchiya | first5 = T. | last6 = Kurihara | first6 = T. | last7 = Ishii | first7 = K. | last8 = Tsuji | first8 = S. | last9 = Umeda | first9 = J. | title = Prognosis of cancer with branch duct type IPMN of the pancreas. | journal = World J Gastroenterol | volume = 16 | issue = 15 | pages = 1890-5 | month = Apr | year = 2010 | doi =  | PMID = 20397268 PMC = 2856831 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2856831/}}</ref>
#Main duct type.
#*Commonly associated with invasive carcinoma.
#Branch duct type.
#*Less commonly associated with invasive carcinoma.
 
=====Behaviour - Khalifa=====
*Adenoma.
*Adenoma.
*Borderline mucinous tumour.
*Borderline mucinous tumour.
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Notes:
Notes:
*No ovarian like stroma.
*Tumour in duct.
*Patient usually not jaundiced... as no obstruction.
*Often diabetes... as pancreas is destroyed.
===Gross===
*Multiple cystic spaces.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Some places -- fronds of benign looking mucin producing epithelium.
*No ovarian type stroma underneath.
Notes:
*If no viable cells in the mucin then not cancer.
**Mucin under pressure can disect through the tissue.
*Borderline tumours are rare.
*Borderline tumours are rare.
 
*If intralobular dilated ducts... carcinoma.
Pitfalls
*Any margin with mucin cells in thought to be badness!
*Since it is multifocal may involve large segment of the ductal system.
**Patients often get a total pancreatectomy.
**If intralobular dilated ducts... carcinoma.
*Hard to get a negative margin.
 
NB - any margin with mucin cells -- badness!!!
*Dilated = mucin producing ducts (???).
**DDx: PAN-IN1.
***Needs a totally pancreatectomy.


==Solid pseudopapillary tumour==
==Solid pseudopapillary tumour==
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