title: Peritoneal metastatic disease in a child after excision of a solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas: a unique case.
abstract: We present a 15-year-old girl with peritoneal metastases from a solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas, which had been excised 6 years previously. This is the third paediatric case with metastases to be reported and the fourth patient with peritoneal carcinomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne 3031, Australia. docsav@mweb.co.za
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andronikou
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ussher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*