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. 2020 Oct;9(5):1596–1604. doi: 10.21037/gs-20-281

Table 1. Pancreatic hemangiomata previously reported in literature.

Reference Age Sex Presentation Imaging Clinical diagnosis Location/size (cm) Treatment Histology Immuno-histochemistry
Ranstrom 1939 (2) 61 F At autopsy Head/7×7
Ringoir 1961 (3) 71 F Hematemesis, melena, Abdominal pain Abdo plain X-ray, cholangiography Not clear Head/15 Retrocolic- gastroenterostomy, vagotomy Hemangioma
Colardyn 1972 (4) 42 M Malaise Abdo plain X-ray, angiography Not clear Body, tail/not mentioned Conservative -
Mangin 1985 (5) 62 F Malaise, nausea, thrombocytopenia US, ERCP, native CT Not clear Head, body, tail/20×7 Resection of the tumor Hemangioma
Dageforde 1991 (6) 79 F Abdominal pain US, ERCP, angiography, enhanced CT Hemangioma Body and tail junction/6×3 Observation
Kobayashi 1991 (7) 30 M Abdominal pain and distension US, enhanced CT, angiography, MRI Possible cavernous hemangioma Head 20 Pancreatico-duodenectomy Hemangioma
Chang 2003 (8) 70 F Epigastric pain and tenderness enhanced CT, angiography Cystic adenocarcinoma Body and tail junction/4×3.2 Distal subtotal pancreatectomy Hemangioma Factor VIII-related Ag
Plank 2006 (9) 36 M Abdominal pain and jaundice enhanced CT, MRI, intraoperative US Neuroendocrine tumor Head/3 Laparotomy without resection, observation
Xu 2008 (10) 60 F Abdominal pain and fever US, enhanced CT Cystic adenoma or adenocarcinoma? Tail/2×2 Distal spleno-pancreatectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34, Factor VIII-related Ag
41 F US Cystic tumor or Islet cell carcinoma? Body/2.5×2 Distal subtotal pancreatectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34, Factor VIII-related Ag
30 F Abdominal pain and Eating choke US Cystic or solid tumor? Head/6×5 Pancreatico-duodenectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34, Factor VIII-related Ag
Mundinger 2009 (11) 45 F Stabbing epigastric pain radiating through to back Enhanced CT, MRI Duplication cyst, cystic GIST, paraganglioma Head/6.2×5.3 Pylorus preservingpancreatico-duodenectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34
Jarboui 2010 (12) 60 F nausea, diffuse abdominal pain, and fever US, enhanced CT, EUS Pancreatic cystic lesion Body/2.3×1.8 distal spleno-pancreatectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34
Lee 2011 (13) 49 F Dizziness, palpitation US, enhanced CT, EUS-FNAB Cystic tumor Body/5 Central pancreatectomy Hemangioma CD34
Weidenfeld 2011 (14) 73 F Pain, nausea US, enhanced CT Cystic tumor Head/5 Whipple’s procedure Hemangioma CD31, CD34, Factor VIII-related Ag
Franzoni 2012 (15) 19 F large hematemesis Gastrointestinal endoscopy, MRI, US Cystadenoma Tail/11×9×8 distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy Hemangioma -
Malik 2013 (16) 70 F Abdominal pain US, enhanced CT, CT angiography, EUS-FNAB Giant hemangioma Head/7.9×6.5 Pylorus preservingpancreatico-duodenectomy Hemangioma CD31
Lu ZH 2013 (17) 23 F US, enhanced CT, MRI Not clear Head/5.4×5×3 Subtotal pancreatectomy Hemangioma
Bursics 2013 (18) 72 M Pain, jaundice US, enhanced CT, ERCP Cystic tumor, possibly IPMN Head and part of duodenum/8 Pylorus preserving pancreatico-duodenectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34
Naito 2014 (19) 40 F Abdominal pain Enhanced CT Cystic neoplasm Body and tail/10 Pancreatectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34
Figueroa 2014 (20) 52 F Abdominal pain and early satiety US, enhanced CT Highly suspicious of malignancy Head/8×6.5×6 pylorus preserving pancreatoduodenectomy Hemangioma
Lu T 2015 (21) 28 F Epigastric pain Enhanced CT, MRI Cystadenoma or pseudocyst with intracystic hemorrhage Body and tail/10×8 Subtotal pancreatectomy, splenectomy Hemangioma
Mondal 2015 (22) 18 F Stabbing epigastric pain radiating through to back, Nausea and emesis Native CT, Contrast MRI, MRCP, EUS-FNAB Inflammatory benign cyst Head, uncinate process/6×4×3.5 Pylorus preserving pancreatico-duodenectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34
Kim 2015 (23) 68 F Enhanced CT Neuroendocrine tumor or metastasis Tail/0.6×0.5 Nephrectomy, distal pancreatectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34, factor VIII
Soreide 2015 (24) 38 F Left epigastric pain, nausea, palpable left subcostal mass US, MRI Solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasm Tail pancreas and spleen/19.5×10×7 Distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34
Bratu 2016 (25) 64 M Acute upper abdominal pain, weight loss of 5 kg (in 2 months) US, endoscopy, enhanced CT Pancreatic adenocarcinoma Body/3.2×1.9 Surgical resection of the lesion Hemangioma
Al Warith 2017 (26) 71 F Left iliac fossa pain Native CT, MRI, EUS Mucinous neoplasia Tail/2.4 Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy Hemangioma
Raymundo 2018 (27) 36 M Lumbar pain Enhanced CT, MRI, ERCP Neuroendocrine tumour Body and tail/2.4×2.2 Distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy Hemangioma CD31, ERG
Lianyuan 2019 (28) 63 M Left upper abdominal pain and defecation unformed Enhanced CT, EUS Cystic tumor Head/10×5×5 Pancreatico-duodenectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34, factor VIII, ERG
Present case 71 F Left upper abdominal pain Enhanced CT, US Cystadenoma or adenocarcinoma Neck/3.5×2.7×2.5 Central pancreatectomy Hemangioma CD31, CD34