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JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 600-607Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2018.0704
Keywords
solid pseudopapillary neoplasms; oncology; diagnostic imaging; laparoscopy
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81702365, 81502508, 81500496]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China [ZR2017MH090]
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Background: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms (SPNs) of the pancreas are rare pancreatic tumors. This study summarizes the clinicopathological characteristics and treatment outcomes of SPN patients through a 10-year single-center case series. Materials and Methods: Medical records of patients diagnosed with SPNs and who underwent surgery between August 2007 and July 2017 at Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, were retrospectively analyzed. Results: This study included 91 patients: 13 males/78 females, mean age 28.8 +/- 11.5 years. Among the cases, 38.5% were incidentally confirmed without specific symptoms, while the others displayed various abdominal symptoms. All patients had single pancreatic lesions, and 1 patient presented with liver metastasis. Abdominal enhanced computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and endoscopic ultrasound were the diagnostic imaging techniques used to identify SPNs. All patients had successful surgical removal of their tumors; 28 patients underwent laparoscopy. During the 2-121-month follow-up period, 1 patient died of lung metastasis and multiple organ failure at 35 months postoperatively, but no other tumor recurrence or metastasis was found. Conclusions: SPN usually occurs in the young female population and presents with various clinical characteristics. Mixed solid-cystic masses with calcification or hemorrhage are typical morphological tumor features. Minimally invasive organ-/function-preserving operations are advocated for benign cases, while aggressive radical resection should be performed in patients with local invasion or distant metastasis.
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