title: Solid-pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas as a rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction: a case report.
abstract: The presence of a large bulky pancreatic tumour in a young female should raise suspicions of the diagnosis of solid-pseduopapillary tumour of the pancreas.This rare tumour has the characteristics of a low-grade malignancy with indolent behaviour. Most patients present with vague non-specific abdominal pain resulting in delayed diagnosis. The light microscopic features show solid areas alternating with pseudopapillary formations. Metastases are frequently amenable to resection.Favourable prognosis with long-term survival has been shown even in patients with metastatic disease. Herein we present the case of a 21 year-old female patient of Afro-Caribbean extract who presented with gastric outlet obstruction from a large pancreatic tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. michaelm500@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Michael Ec
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McFarlane
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Plummer
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Franz K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Pencle