[Solid and papillary tumor of the pancreas]

A patient who was treated in 1978 by duodenopancreatectomy for a tumour of the second duodenum survived for 15 years before death caused by trauma. The pathology slides were therefore reassessed and led, a posteriori, to the diagnosis of solid papillary tumour of the pancreas according to the new criteria described by Kloppel. The 86 references found in the literature reported 139 cases although many were too vague to be retained. Precise diagnosis can only be obtained on the basis of immunohistochemistry and ultra-structure criteria as described here.