title: Laparoscopic resection of a giant solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of uncinate process of the pancreas in a child.
abstract: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas in children is rare, and the most common localization of the tumor is the tail. The authors encountered such a case in a 10-year-old girl with a giant solid pseudopapillary neoplasm at the uncinate process of the pancreas. Imaging examination showed there was a distinct distance between the neoplasm and the main pancreatic duct. Using a 4-port transperitoneal laparoscopic technique, complete resection of the tumor was successfully performed. Laparoscopic approach appears to be safe and feasible in children with solid pseudopapillary neoplasm, and an organ-preservation operation can be successfully performed if there is no communication between the tumor and the pancreatic ductal system.
authors: Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors: Feng-Ji
authors: FJ
authors: Tsai
authors: Jui-Ying
authors: JY
authors: Lee
authors: Yu-Tang
authors: YT
authors: Chang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*