title: [Solid-pseudopapillary tumor with an elderly woman, showing an increase in size over a four-year follow-up period: report of a case].
abstract: Solid-pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) is considered to be a tumor showing an essentially benign biological behavior based on the results of histological examination of resected specimens and postsurgical follow-up. Little is known regarding the growing speed and pattern, and the process of cystic structure formation of this tumor due to a lack of reports describing its natural history. We herein report a case of SPT showing an increase in size in a four-year follow-up period, which underwent resection thereafter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai City Medical Center.
authors.forename: Eigo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Katsumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Naotaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery