[PDF] Top 20 Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms of the Pancreas: A Report of Two Cases

... On gross pathologic examination, an encapsulated tumor 60 mm in maximal diameter was seen in the tail of the pancreas (Figure 2). There was a distance of 1 cm between the tumor and the pancreatic resection ... See full document

... SPN is classified as an epithelial neoplasm of uncertain differentiation in the General Rules for the Study of Pancreatic Cancer, 6th Edition. Historically, SPN accounts for only 0.13 – 2.7 % of all pancreatic tumors and ... See full document

... Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the pancreas is a rare tumor, representing 1~3% of all pancreatic tumors ...as solid pseudopapillary tumors (SPTs) in 1996 and reclassified them ... See full document

... of solid tumors was higher, while percentages of hemorrhagic and cystic changes were lower in the male group than in the female group, which was in agreement with the findings re- ported by Lam et ... See full document

... our cases, all the patients underwent R0 resections and all histo- logically examined lymph nodes were ...some cases [43], Fried et al observed substantial shrinkage of an unresectable tumor after 6 weeks ... See full document

... the pancreas are the fourth most common cause of cancer-related death globally ...3]. Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the pan- creas, also referred to as Frantz’s tumor, is rare, comprising ... See full document

... vomitus as a sign of gastric outlet obstruction. An inter- disciplinary board should discuss all such cases. Surgical exploration with the goal of releasing symptoms is the main stay of treatment. Although SPN is ... See full document

... and two or more symptoms usually ...predominantly solid mass with some cystic component ...or solid component inside the tumor and providing information about ... See full document

... duodenopancreatectomy. However, she died 4 days after surgery due to postoperative surgical complications. Case 2: A 35-year-old Hispanic woman presented with left upper quadrant abdominal pain for 3 months, associated ... See full document

... days). Two patients experienced a postoperative pancre- atic fistula (grade A), which was managed conservatively and ultimately cured, and the drainage tubes were re- moved on postoperative days 17 and 20, ... See full document

... four cases underwent local tumor resection, and 1 case received segmental pan- createctomy according to the preoperative CT examination results and intraoperative find- ...between two groups ... See full document

... our cases were macroscopi- cally large and well encapsulated by a fibrous ...illaes, solid sheets surrounded by fibrovascular stroma, nuclear grooves, and areas of degen- eration change, which were in ... See full document

... Five cases of malignant SPTP (clinical details were shown in the supplemental fi le) suffered from recurrence or metastasis, and two underwent the second operation after 23 and 40 months of the fi rst ... See full document

... Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) is an uncommon neoplasm of the ...the pancreas tail with fluid collection around ...from pancreas tail without distant ...for two years, and she is ... See full document

... been report- ed that PR positivity, but ER negativity was pre- dominantly related to SPTP, which suggests that sex hormone may be associated with the occurrence and development of SPTP [16, ... See full document

... of cases recur or develop metastases after ...into two categories: 1. solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm with border- line malignant potential; ...2. solid-pseudopapil- lary ...encountered ... See full document

... the pancreas, mainly in the pancreatic tail and head [5, ...rare cases, SPN may also occur in extrapancreatic areas, like omentum, adrenal or mesentery ... See full document

... the pancreas” followed by 16 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with doxorubicin and ...the pancreas, displacing the common bile duct, portal vein and duodenum (Figure ... See full document

... these neoplasms are problems that require lengthy ...reported cases confirmed the diagnosis of a solid or multicystic ameloblastoma that contained histological features consistent with the plexiform ... See full document

... most cases is based on compressive symptoms, pain or finding of a palpable mass, while about 20% to 30% of the patients, the diagnosis is made during abdominal imaging per- formed for others pathologies ...of ... See full document