[Radiographic features of a giant true cyst of the pancreas (author's transl)].

Case report of a 48 year old female patient with a large abdominal mass, found to be a true cyst of the pancreas following surgical removal. Plain film findings were a large soft tissue mass in the abdomen to the left of the midline, displacement of small bowel and colon descendens with splenic flexure to the right, and upward displacement of stomach and left kidney. A renal scan showed decreased uptake in the area of the lower pole of the left kidney. Angiography demonstrated the mass to be of cystic nature with the cyst wall getting its blood supply from two left renal arteries. Celiac and mesenteric arteries were displaced to the right. The origin of the cyst was in the tail of the panpcreas; and its wall had true epithelial lining. Special emphasis is made on the value of checking for amylase in the work-up of cystic abdominal masses.