title: Abdominal asymmetry in a 17 year old girl.
abstract: The pseudopapillary pancreatic solid tumor (TPSP) is a rare malignancy typical of young adult women (only 12 pediatric cases from 2000 to 2009), it can recur and metastasize. The prognosis is usually good after radical surgical removal. We emphasize the importance of TPSP in differential diagnosis of retrogastric, peripancreatic masses especially in puberal females. We describe the case of an adolescent girl with an abdominal mass revealed as a rare pancreatic neoplasia.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Surgery Department, Trieste, Italy. scarpamg@burlo.trieste.it
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Scarpa
authors.affiliation: Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Surgery Department, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Norbedo
authors.affiliation: Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Surgery Department, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murru
authors.affiliation: University of Studies, Trieste, Department of Surgery, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bortul
authors.affiliation: University of Studies, Trieste, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bussani
authors.affiliation: University of Studies, Trieste, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schleef
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery