title: Solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas: diverse presentation, outcome and histology.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas is an uncommon tumour, which predominantly occurs in young females and is of unknown origin.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe five cases with diverse clinical and/or histological features, including one unusually aggressive case resulting in early death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is great variability in the presentation and clinical course of these tumours with further research needed to define their histogenesis and biological behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Adamthwaite
authors.forename: Caroline S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Verbeke
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Stringer
authors.forename: Pierre J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Guillou
authors.forename: Krishna V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D018283:Cystadenocarcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging