Solid and cystic pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: A case report

Autor: Milošević Bojan Z., Marković Rade M., Cvetković Aleksandar M.
Jazyk: English<br />Serbian
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, Vol 141, Iss 5-6, Pp 384-386 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-8179
DOI: 10.2298/SARH1306384M
Popis: Introduction. Solid and cystic pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare tumor of the pancreas, for the first time described by Frantz et al. in 1959. The majority of patients are young females and most of them are asymptomatic. Case Outline. We report a case of 25-year old woman who was admitted to our institution with abdominal pain and a palpable mass in the left hypochondrial area. US and CT scan revealed a solid and cystic pseudopapillary tumor in the head of the pancreas. The patient was treated by Whipple procedure, modification Longmire-Traverso. There was no metastatic disease either in the liver or peritoneum. Histologically the tumor was diagnosed as a solid and cystic pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas. Conclusion. The unclear pre-operative diagnoses, together with incidence of potential malignancy as well as good outcome with resection, suggest that all suspected cystic tumors of the pancreas should be resected. The exact diagnosis is based on histological findings. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III41007 i br. III41010]
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