title: MR imaging features of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in adult and pediatric patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to describe the MR imaging features of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas, a tumor typically seen in young women, is a large, well-defined, encapsulated lesion with heterogeneous high or low signal intensity on T1-weighted, heterogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted, and early peripheral heterogeneous enhancement with progressive fill-in on gadolinium-enhanced dynamic MR imaging. These features help differentiate this rare tumor from other pancreatic neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Section of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cantisani
authors.forename: Koenraad J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mortele
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Glickman
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Passariello
authors.forename: Pablo R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ros
authors.forename: Stuart G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA