MR imaging features of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in adult and pediatric patients.
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.
Cantisani
Vito
V
Section of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Mortele
Koenraad J
KJ
Levy
Angela
A
Glickman
Jonathan N
JN
Ricci
Paolo
P
Passariello
Roberto
R
Ros
Pablo R
PR
Silverman
Stuart G
SG
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
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA