Open AccessSolid-pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas: A report of a rare case
Author(s) -
Asit Arora,
Ajit Mahale,
Kalyan Paudel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/0189-6725.44184
Subject(s) - medicine , nausea , vomiting , pancreas , abdominal pain , radiology , lesion , computed tomography , neoplasm , quadrant (abdomen) , surgery , pathology
The solid pseudopapillary tumour (SPT) of the pancreas is an uncommon cystic pancreatic neoplasm mostly seen in young females. We present a large SPT in a 16-year-old female who presented with acute onset upper- and mid-quadrant abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting for 4 days. The lesion was demonstrated by abdominal ultrasound and by computed tomography, which was successfully removed surgically.