Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas are rare but in the last years more frequently detected. Within a 10-year-period we treated 30 patients, including 8 serous cystadenomas, 6 mucinous cystadenomas, 12 mucinous cystadenocarcinomas, 2 cystic neuro-endocrine tumors and 1 papillary cystic tumor