title: [Solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas: a pediatric case report].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas are extremely rare and mostly seen in young females. It is often diagnosed incidentally or during investigations of gastrointestinal complaints.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Report of a pediatric case of this tumor.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 15-year old teenager who presented with painful abdominal tumefaction. Imaging findings were a 12 cm solid and cystic mass originating from the tail of the pancreas. A distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy was performed. Pathologic examination concluded to solid pseudopapillary tumor. Evolution was favorable with no recurrence 18 months after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Histological examination confirms the diagnosis and allows, with the help of immunohistochemical study, to rule out some differential diagnoses such as pancreatoblastoma, acinar tumors and endocrine tumors. Prognosis of solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas is excellent after radical resection and recurrences are rarely seen.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Faten
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farah-Klibi
authors.forename: Olfa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: El Amine
authors.forename: Soumaya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rammeh
authors.forename: Majd
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Rejeb
authors.forename: Malek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferchiou
authors.forename: Jihène
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kourda
authors.forename: Morched
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdessalem
authors.forename: Abdeljalil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaouche
authors.forename: Sarrah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Jilani
authors.forename: Rachida
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zermani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*