{"paper_id":"ca827bc8-532a-472d-8860-bc9acfacf53a","body_text":"Pancreatic endometrioma in a post-menopausal woman: A rare differential diagnosis for cystic lesions of the pancreas\nAbstract\nBackground\nAlthough endometriosis is a relatively common condition affecting women, pancreatic endometriosis remains rare, with only a few cases reported in the literature. The primary challenges this condition poses today are its inability to be diagnosed radiologically and the difficulty in distinguishing it from other cystic lesions of the pancreas preoperatively.\nMethods\nThis report presents a case of a 53-year-old female patient with 3 months long left upper quadrant pain and no previous medical history. Imaging revealed an enlarging cyst in the tail of the pancreas, with findings suggestive of a mucinous neoplasm.\nResults\nThe patient underwent a distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. Histopathological analysis confirmed the presence of endometrial stroma.\nConclusions\nConsidering the possibility of pancreatic endometriosis may help avoid extensive surgery. However, as the definite diagnosis of endometriosis remains histopathological, surgical resection continues to be the treatment of choice if malignancy is suspected.\nCONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT\nThe authors have declared no conflicts of interest.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}