Papillary cystic neoplasm of the pancreas: a report of three pediatric cases and literature review.
OBJECTIVE
Papillary cystic neoplasms are rare pancreatic tumors that typically present in women in their third decade of life. Few cases have been reported in children.


RESULTS
The authors report on three pediatric patients: a 10-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, and a 14-year-old girl. The authors have reviewed the existing literature on papillary cystic neoplasms of the pancreas and suggest that these tumors probably arise early in life, grow slowly, and metastasize infrequently.


CONCLUSIONS
Even when these tumors metastasize, patients seldom die as a result of the malignancy.
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Division of Pediatric Surgery, Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D018292:Cystadenoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy