Solid pseudo papillary tumor of the pancreas: An unusual tumor in children

An 11-year-old girl with a pancreatic solid pseudo papillary tumor (SPT) is reported. Contrast enhanced computerized tomography (CECT) & Magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) abdomen revealed a well-defined inhomogenous mass arising from the retro-peritoneum in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen p...

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Autores principales: Parelkar, Sandesh V., Oak, Sanjay N., Kapadnis, Satish P., Sanghvi, Beejal V., Joshi, Prashant B., Sathe, Pragati, Mundada, Dinesh, Shetty, Shishira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23599585
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.107019
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Sumario:An 11-year-old girl with a pancreatic solid pseudo papillary tumor (SPT) is reported. Contrast enhanced computerized tomography (CECT) & Magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) abdomen revealed a well-defined inhomogenous mass arising from the retro-peritoneum in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen possibly from the tail of the pancreas. USG guided biopsy of tumor showed benign pseudo papillary tumor of pancreas. Complete excision of the tumor was carried out. Histopathology revealed pancreatic pseudo papillary tumor. Patient did well postoperatively & is on regular follow-up

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