Clinicopathological features of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas.
- Author:
Kun WANG
1
;
Ai-Ping LU
;
Chun-Yi HAO
;
Bao-Cai XING
;
Xin-Fu HUANG
;
Fei GAO
;
Jia-Fu JI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Carcinoma, Papillary; diagnosis; pathology; Female; Humans; Pancreas; pathology; Pancreatic Neoplasms; diagnosis; pathology; Prognosis
- From: Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae 2006;28(3):418-420
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo elucidate the clinicopathological features of solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas.
METHODSEight patients with SPT of the pancreas admitted from August 1996 to March 2005 were retrospectively analyzed.
RESULTSAll the 8 patients were female with an average age of 25.3 (13-41) years. The primary clinical manifestations included abdominal mass (n = 3), vague abdominal pain (n = 3), and duodenal obstruction (n = 1). SPT was occasionally found in one patient during physical examination. Six tumors located at the head and the other two in the body and tail of the pancreas. Pancreaticoduodenectomies were performed in 4 patients, tumor enucleations in 2, distal pancreatectomies in 1, and palliative internal drainage with a cystoenterotomy in the other one with an unresectable huge cystic lesion. All patients were alive on an average follow-up of 37.8 (8-103) months.
CONCLUSIONSPT occurs mainly in adolescent and young females, and satisfactory outcome may be achieved with active and appropriate surgeries.
