OBJECTIVES: To highlight an infrequent occurrence using a series of clinical cases with symptoms and signs, and specific radiological findings allowing its diagnosis and treatment, which is in most cases successful. @entity1 AND METHODS: A descriptive and retrospective study of @entity1 diagnosed by computed tomography scanning and then treated with surgery in the Pancreas and Biliary Unit of a University Hospital from March 1999 to September 2005. RESULTS: There were 6 female @entity1 with a mean age of 33.5 years (range 11-72). Most common signs included @entity158 and a palpable mass in the abdomen. Three @entity1 were diagnosed by computed tomography scanning, and a differential diagnosis with a @entity5 was performed for the remaining three subjects. Surgical treatment was adapted to each @entity1 according to the findings and images seen in their computed tomography scans. Biopsy results confirmed the presumed diagnoses, and showed one case of solid @entity788 . Average hospital stay was of 18.16 days (range 8-30). Mortality rate was 0%. No recurrences occurred during follow-up for 46.3 months on average (range 12-76). CONCLUSIONS: The presence of a huge mass in the pancreas of a young female should prompt suspicion for a solid @entity5 . Given its low malignant potential, and the presence of specific radiographic patterns, its diagnosis should be accurate, as radical surgical treatment is effective.

Solid XXXX of the pancreas: diagnosis and curative treatment.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['pseudopapillary carcinoma of the pancreas'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['neuroendocrine tumor', 'pseudopapillary tumor'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['pseudopapillary tumors']
