Furuhashi S, Takamori H, Abe S, Nakahara O, Tanaka H, Horino K, Beppu T, Iyama KI, Baba H. Solid-pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor, mimicking submucosal tumor of the stomach: A case report. World J Gastrointest Surg 2011; 3(12): 201-203 [PMID: 22224175 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v3.i12.201]
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Hideo Baba, MD, PhD, FACS, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken 860-8556, Japan. hdobaba@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
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Satoshi Furuhashi, Hiroshi Takamori, Shinnya Abe, Osamu Nakahara, Hiroshi Tanaka, Kei Horino, Toru Beppu, Hideo Baba, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken 860-8556, Japan
Ken-ichi Iyama, Department of Surgical Pathology, Kumamoto University Hospital, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken 860-8556, Japan
Author contributions: Furuhashi S mainly contributed to this work; Takamori H, Horino K, Nakahara O and Baba H critically revised the paper, providing important conceptual and editorial input; Abe S, Tanaka H and Beppu T contributed to the imaging process; Iyama K contributed to the pathological analysis.
Correspondence to: Hideo Baba, MD, PhD, FACS, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto-ken 860-8556, Japan. hdobaba@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
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Received: January 7, 2011 Revised: October 31, 2011 Accepted: November 8, 2011 Published online: December 27, 2011
Abstract
Solid-pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas (SPTs) are comparatively rare and have low malignancy, with a predilection for young women. Diagnosis is difficult when a SPT develops in a boundary region with other organs. Here, we report a 42-year old woman with a SPT of the pancreas mimicking a submucosal tumor of the stomach on imaging. She was admitted to our hospital complaining of abdominal pain. We suspected a submucosal tumor of the stomach from the findings of endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography and abdominal computed tomography. However, angiography showed that some of the tumor vessels arose from the pancreas. Intraoperative findings revealed the tumor originated from the pancreas. Therefore, distal pancreatectomy was performed. The pathological diagnosis was SPT of the pancreas.
