Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas in a 25-Year-Old Female: A Rare Entity of Pancreatic Tumors
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Maria Papazian; Dimitrios Massaras; Zoi Masourou; Grigorios Psarras; Andreas Polydorou
- Source
- Cureus
- Subject
- Capsular Invasion
medicine.medical_specialty
whipple
cystic neoplasms
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Asymptomatic
Epigastric pain
Whipple Procedure
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pancreatic tumor
medicine
business.industry
General Engineering
Rare entity
solid pseudopapillary neoplasm
β-catenin
medicine.disease
Solid pseudopapillary tumor
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
General Surgery
pancreatic tumor
Radiology
medicine.symptom
Pancreas
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 2168-8184
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms (SPMs) of the pancreas are extremely rare tumors of the pancreas that typically affect young women and have a favorable prognosis. Herein, we report a 25-year-old female with solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas who presented with atypical epigastric pain. The patient underwent pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). She remained asymptomatic and showed no signs of disease after one year of follow-up. This type of pancreatic tumors is amenable to cure after complete surgical resection, even in cases with capsular invasion, unlike any other malignant tumors of the pancreas.