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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
====Mucinous cystadenoma====
====Mucinous cystadenoma====
Features:<ref>GLP P.489.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_GLP489>{{Ref GLP|489}}</ref>
*Simple tall columnar epithelium with large mucin vacuole on apical aspect.
*Simple tall columnar epithelium with large mucin vacuole on apical aspect.
*"Ovarian-type stroma" under epithelium.
*"Ovarian-type stroma" under epithelium.
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===Epidemiology===
===Epidemiology===
Features:<ref>GLP P.493.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_GLP493>{{Ref GLP|493}}</ref>
*Usually females (M:F=1:9).
*Usually females (M:F=1:9).
*Mean age of presentation third decade (20s).
*Mean age of presentation third decade (20s).
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>GLP P.493-5.</ref>
Features:<ref>{{Ref GLP|493-5}}</ref>
*Solid sheets of cells, focally dyscohesive.
*Solid sheets of cells, focally dyscohesive.
*Eosinophilic cytoplasm.
*Eosinophilic cytoplasm.
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==Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN)==
==Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN)==
*PanIN is thought to be the precursor lesion for pancreatic carcinoma.<ref>PBoD P.949.</ref>
*PanIN is thought to be the precursor lesion for pancreatic carcinoma.<ref name=Ref_PBoD949>{{Ref PBoD|949}}</ref>


===Overview===
===Overview===
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===Histomorphology===
===Histomorphology===
Features:<ref>PBoD P.949.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD949>{{Ref PBoD|949}}</ref>
*PanIN1a - increased amount of cytoplasm.
*PanIN1a - increased amount of cytoplasm.
**Nuclear size & stratification perserved, arch. perserved.
**Nuclear size & stratification perserved, arch. perserved.
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===General===
===General===
*Usually in the head ~60%.
*Usually in the head ~60%.
**15% in the body, 5% tail, 20% diffuse (head, body & tail).<ref>PBoD P.950.</ref>
**15% in the body, 5% tail, 20% diffuse (head, body & tail).<ref name=Ref_PBoD950>{{Ref PBoD|950}}</ref>
*Abysmal prognosis.
*Abysmal prognosis.


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>PBoD P.951.</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD951>{{Ref PBoD|951}}</ref>
*Often glandular, may be solid.
*Often glandular, may be solid.
*Nuclei.
*Nuclei.
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