title: SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY NEOPLASM OF THE PANCREAS.
abstract: The solid pseudopapillary neoplasm is a rare tumor of the pancreas. However, it´s etiology still maintain discussions.
  
  
  
  To analyze it´s clinical data, diagnosis and treatment.
  
  
  
  A retrospective study of medical records of all patients treated from January 1997 until July 2015.
  
  
  
  Were identified 17 cases. Most patients were women (94.11%) and the average age was 32.88 years. The main complaint was abdominal mass (47.05%). The most frequent location was in the body/tail of the pancreas (72.22%) and the most frequently performed surgery was distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy (64.70%). No patient had metastases at diagnosis. Conservative surgery for pancreatic parenchyma was performed in only three cases. The rate of complications in the postoperative period was 35.29% and the main complication was pancreatic fistula (29.41%). No patient underwent adjuvant treatment.
  
  
  
  The treatment is surgical and the most common clinical presentation is abdominal mass. Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy was the most frequently performed surgery for its treatment.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).
authors.forename: Jorge Roberto Marcante
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Carlotto
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).|Study Group of Pancreatic Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Franz Robert Apodaca
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Torrez
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).
authors.forename: Adriano Miziara
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).
authors.forename: Marcelo Moura
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Linhares
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).|Study Group of Pancreatic Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tarcisio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Triviño
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).|Study Group of Pancreatic Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Benedito
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Herani-Filho
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).|Study Group of Pancreatic Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).
authors.forename: Gaspar de Jesus
authors.initials: Gde J
authors.lastname: Lopes-Filho
authors.affiliation: Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).|Study Group of Pancreatic Diseases, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Edson José
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lobo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult