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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía
Print version ISSN 2011-7582
Abstract
HIGUITA, Andrés Mauricio; CORREA, José Luis; BECERRA, Luis Fernando and VANEGAS, Luis Felipe. Pseudopapillary solid tumor of pancreas. rev. colomb. cir. [online]. 2016, vol.31, n.4, pp.289-295. ISSN 2011-7582.
The solid pseudopapillary pancreatic tumors represent 1 to 2% of the neoplastic lesions of the exocrine pancreas. First described by Frantz, they have received multiple denominations until its current WHO classification. Lacking a typical clinical picture, they are often incidentally diagnosed by cross section imaging studies, in which key features are recognized for establishing diagnosis; their presentation occurs predominantly in young women and adolescents. Current management is based on surgical treatment, preferring conservative techniques with excellent long-term results. We report the case of a young woman with nonspecific abdominal symptoms, who after previous treatments for other possible diseases a CT scan of the abdomen showed a lesion with the characteristics of this tumor and a laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy was performed with histological confirmation of this malignancy without requiring additional treatment.
Keywords : pancreas; pancreatic neoplasms; diagnosis; pancreatectomy; laparoscopy.