Frequency and characterization of benign lesions in patients undergoing surgery for the suspicion of solid pancreatic neoplasm.

ObjectivesA diagnosis of benign lesions (BLs) is reported in 5% to 21% of pancreatoduodenectomies performed for neoplasms; no data for body-tail resections are available. The aims were to investigate the frequency and characterize the BLs mimicking cancer in the head and the body-tail of the pancrea