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

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

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20906811 and 20906803
Volume :
2017
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Case Reports in Pediatrics
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fa47c8d597ab62cf170dd185e23b9e28