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Different Methods of Resection of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas: A Case Series of Three Patients
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Different Methods of Resection of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas: A Case Series of Three Patients

Samriddha R. Pant, Nishan B. Pokhrel, Parikshit Chapagain and Prasan Kansakar
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.12(3), e7346
03/20/2020
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.7346
PMID: 32328359
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Abstract

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas is one of the rarest forms of pancreatic neoplasm. It was also known as Franz's tumor or Hamoudi tumor until the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled it as a solid pseudopapillary tumor in 1996. It typically affects young non-Caucasian females in their second or third decade of life. Treatment involves complete excision of the tumor which results in a complete cure in most of the cases. Three cases of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (diagnosis confirmed by cytology) in young females, each presenting with different symptoms were studied. Each of the three cases was found to have the neoplasm at different sites of the pancreas and was subjected to different resection procedures. The cases were followed up for at least a year and evaluated for recurrences/metastases. Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm remains one of the most misdiagnosed tumors. The diagnosis depends on radiology and cytology. With a very high five-year survival rate, surgical resection remains the treatment of choice. The type of surgical procedure depends on the site, size and local invasion of the tumor.
 General & Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal Science & Technology

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