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Published on: September 28, 2019
SOLID PSEUDOPAPILLARY NEOPLASM OF THE PANCREAS
Jorge Roberto Marcante Carlotto1, Franz Robert Apodaca Torrez1,2, Adriano Miziara Gonzalez1
1Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP).
Background:
The solid pseudopapillary neoplasm is a rare tumor of the pancreas. However, it´s etiology still maintain discussions.
Aim:
To analyze it´s clinical data, diagnosis and treatment.
Methods:
A retrospective study of medical records of all patients treated from January 1997 until July 2015.
Results:
Were identified 17 cases. Most patients were women (94.11%) and the average age was 32.88 years. The main complaint was abdominal mass (47.05%). The most frequent location was in the body/tail of the pancreas (72.22%) and the most frequently performed surgery was distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy (64.70%). No patient had metastases at diagnosis. Conservative surgery for pancreatic parenchyma was performed in only three cases. The rate of complications in the postoperative period was 35.29% and the main complication was pancreatic fistula (29.41%). No patient underwent adjuvant treatment.
Conclusions:
The treatment is surgical and the most common clinical presentation is abdominal mass. Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy was the most frequently performed surgery for its treatment.
