Giant mucinous cystadenoma: case report with review of literature

Radiological imaging may sometimes not be specific about cystic lesions in and around pancreas and a cystic tumor may be wrongly diagnosed as hydatid cyst or a pseudocyst. Analysis of cystic fluid aspirate has improved diagnosis of pancreatic cystic lesions significantly. Biopsy and histology of cyst wall is diagnostic and should be considered in cases with inconclusive preoperative diagnosis and questionable intra operative findings. We present a patient with a huge mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas initially mistaken for a pancreatic hydatid cyst though she was sero negative for hydatid