Bifocal solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas.
Raffi MelikianSujit KulkarniPublished in: BMJ case reports (2024)
Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas (SPNP) is a rare entity. In this study, we present a woman in her 20's who presented for evaluation of two separate pancreatic masses. On imaging and biopsy, the tail lesion was thought to be a neuroendocrine tumour and the body lesion was thought to be a metastatic lymph node. The patient was brought to the operating room and underwent a distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. The patient had an uneventful postoperative course and was discharged home on postoperative day 4. Pathology confirmed both masses were consistent with the diagnosis of well-differentiated SPNP with no signs of malignancy including lymphovascular or perineural invasion, or lymph node involvement.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- case report
- fine needle aspiration
- ultrasound guided
- patients undergoing
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- sentinel lymph node
- small cell lung cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- high resolution
- healthcare
- contrast enhanced
- low grade
- lymph node metastasis
- cell migration
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- magnetic resonance
- early stage
- radiation therapy
- photodynamic therapy
- fluorescence imaging