title: Solid pseudopapillary tumor of pancreas: A lesser known entity-diagnosis and pitfalls: A case report.
abstract: Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) is a rare pancreatic neoplasm with a reported incidence of 0.1% to 2.7% of all pancreatic tumors. Because radiological presentation of pancreatic tumors is quite overlapping, distinctive features in fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) helps in its diagnosis preoperatively. Being a low-grade malignancy presenting predominantly in young females, correct preoperative diagnosis minimizes the need of extensive surgery. SPT carries good prognosis without any adjuvant chemotherapy/radiotherapy in most cases, even in the presence of metastatic disease. On the other hand, aggressive surgical resection is required for ductal adenocarcinoma which is more common pancreatic tumor (90%). We report here a case of a 49-year-old female diagnosed as SPT. The importance of the need for the radiologist, pathologist, and surgeon to be familiar with SPT is highlighted so that it is more often diagnosed as there are significant therapeutic and prognostic implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Indian Railway Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Anshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Indian Railway Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Gyanendra
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Indian Railway Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sunanda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Indian Railway Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Lalatendu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarangi
keywords: Cytology; females; pancreas; pancreatic tumor; solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT)