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10-Year-Old Female with Acute Abdominal Pain with Pancreatic Mass

Authors :
Charles K. Powers
Molly Posa
Dhanashree Rajderkar
Jaclyn Otero
Source :
Case Reports in Pediatrics, Vol 2017 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Hindawi Limited, 2017.

Abstract

A previously healthy 10-year-old female presented to a local emergency department following three days of nausea and vomiting diagnosed with a solid pseudopapillary tumor. Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms are a rare form of pancreatic cystic neoplasm that typically presents in young females in their 20–30s and are very rare in children. These neoplasms often present as an asymptomatic tumor found on incidental imaging. When symptomatic they most commonly present with abdominal pain and can also cause a palpable abdominal mass, weight loss, gastrointestinal obstruction, and nausea and vomiting. Timely diagnosis of this rare neoplasm is very important because complete resection of the tumor is the definitive treatment and leads to an excellent long-term survival.

Subjects

Subjects :
Pediatrics
RJ1-570

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20906803 and 20906811
Volume :
2017
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Case Reports in Pediatrics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0cc4b7589494497ab318250831b08335
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3253787