Case Report

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

Table 1

Clinical data, ranging from 53 to 183 cases, of solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas from the pediatric literature [3].

CategoryFindings

Age (years) [SD]Mean: 13.1 range: 8–18

SexMale: 19.2%
Female: 80.8%

PresentationAbdominal pain: 48.1%
Palpable mass: 25.1%
Vomiting: 6.6%
Trauma: 7.1%
Dyspepsia: 3.8%
Incidental: 2.7%
Other: 6.6%

LocationHead, neck, and/or body: 45%
Body and/or tail: 52.7%
Unknown: 2.3%

Size, largest diameter (cm) [SD]Mean: 9.3, range: 1–20

OperationPPPD: 13%
Whipple: 12.2%
Duodenum-sparing head resection: 4.6%
Distal pancreatectomy: 35.1%
Local resection: 4.6%
Enucleation: 2.3%
Other: 4.6%
Unspecified: 23.7%

Metastasis3.1%

Follow-up (months) [SD]Mean: 62.7, range: 6–240

Recurrence8.7%

Time to recurrence (months) [SD]Mean: 43.5, range: 0–96

Mortality1