Metastatic Solid-pseudopapillary Tumour of the Pancreas: Clinico-biological Correlates and Management

• Published in: Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 358 - 363
• Main Authors: Alexandrescu, D.T., O'Boyle, K., Feliz, A., Fueg, A., Wiernik, P.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2005
• Subjects: Adult; Carcinoma, Papillary - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Papillary - pathology; Carcinoma, Papillary - surgery; Chemotherapy; Female; Humans; Male; metastases; Middle Aged; molecular markers; Neoplasm Metastasis; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour; solid-pseudopapillary tumour of pancreas; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; metastases; Chemotherapy; solid-pseudopapillary tumour of pancreas; pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour; molecular markers

Solid-pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas is a rare neoplasm of young women, currently categorised in the World Health Organization classification under exocrine pancreatic tumours. Increased awareness of this condition correlated recently with an apparent rise in incidence as well as recognition...