Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas in a 25-Year-Old Female: A Rare Entity of Pancreatic Tumors

Dimitrios Massaras; Zoi Masourou; Maria Papazian; Grigorios Psarras; Andreas Polydorou

doi:10.7759/cureus.14747

Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas in a 25-Year-Old Female: A Rare Entity of Pancreatic Tumors

Cureus. 2021 Apr 29;13(4):e14747. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14747.

Authors

Dimitrios Massaras¹, Zoi Masourou², Maria Papazian³, Grigorios Psarras⁴, Andreas Polydorou¹

Affiliations

¹ Surgery, Aretaieio University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.
² Anesthesiology, Aretaieio University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.
³ Pathology, Aretaieio University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.
⁴ 1st Department of Radiology, Aretaieio University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, GRC.

Abstract

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms (SPMs) of the pancreas are extremely rare tumors of the pancreas that typically affect young women and have a favorable prognosis. Herein, we report a 25-year-old female with solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas who presented with atypical epigastric pain. The patient underwent pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). She remained asymptomatic and showed no signs of disease after one year of follow-up. This type of pancreatic tumors is amenable to cure after complete surgical resection, even in cases with capsular invasion, unlike any other malignant tumors of the pancreas.

Keywords: cystic neoplasms; pancreatic tumor; solid pseudopapillary neoplasm; whipple; β-catenin.

Publication types

Case Reports