title: Solid pseudopapillary tumours of the pancreas: spectrum of imaging findings with histopathological correlation.
abstract: Solid pseudopapillary tumour (SPT) is an uncommon cystic exocrine pancreatic neoplasm. The typical patient is a female in the third decade of life presenting with pain and/or palpable mass. Classic imaging characteristics include large size, mixed solid and cystic nature, encapsulation and haemorrhage. A pancreatic mass with these features in a young adult female should raise suspicion for an SPT. Although typically a non-aggressive neoplasm with surgery curative in most cases, SPT may exhibit more aggressive features such as local invasion, metastases or recurrence in up to 20% of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. sailusunkara@yahoo.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sunkara
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Kryvenko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult