title: Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in a 39-year-old woman: case report.
abstract: Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) is a rare pancreatic tumor with low malignancy, constituting 1-2% of exocrine pancreatic tumors, occurring mostly in young women. SPT, despite the achievement of large size gives scant clinical symptoms. The authors present the case of 39-year-old woman with SPT, diagnosed at intraoperative biopsy. The aim of this study is to describe the clinicopathological feature, diagnosis and surgical treatment of SPT.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Ludwik Rydygier Specialized Hospital in Cracow.
authors.forename: Jolanta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Czekaj
authors.forename: Henryk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Labza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*