[The solid pseudopapillary tumor of pancreas: two cases and literature review]

Rev Med Interne. 2009 May;30(5):440-2. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2008.10.013. Epub 2009 Mar 9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas is a rare exocrine pancreatic tumor behaving in a low-grade fashion, with limited local invasion risk and a rare metastatic evolution. We report SPT in two young females, revealed by abdominal pain and an epigastric mass. The diagnosis of a cystic tumor was based on abdominal ultrasound and CT data in the first case and on MRI in the second. A distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy were successfully performed in the first case and a central pancreatectomy in the second. Histological study confirmed the diagnosis of SPT of the pancreas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cystadenoma, Papillary / diagnosis
  • Cystadenoma, Papillary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cystadenoma, Papillary / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Splenectomy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Treatment Outcome