[Solid pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas: a case of a big abdominal mass in a young woman].
Solid pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare tumor that occurs predominantly in young women. It often presents as a big abdominal mass whose preoperative diagnosis appears to be difficult. It is a low- grade malignancy tumor and surgery is the mainstay of treatment. The Authors report the case of a 40 year-old woman with an abdominal mass supposed to origin from the mesenterium, diagnosed as a solid pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas after histological examination and treated by enucleation. Moreover literature data about epidemiology, histogenesis, diagnosis and treatment are analysed.
Zugni
Chiara
C
Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Gastroenterologiche, Università degli Studi di Verona.
Frisini
Marco
M
Ardob
Abdiueli Aden
AA
Negro
Rosa
R
Marziani
Fiovo
F
Catalano
Pierluigi
P
Martin
Federico
F
D000328:Adult; D018292:Cystadenoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome