Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in children: typical radiological findings and pathological correlation

Al-Qahtani, Saad; Gudinchet, Francois; Laswed, Tarek; Schnyder, Pierre; Schmidt, Sabine; Osterheld, Maria-Chiara; Alamo, Leonor

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.06.024

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Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 152-156, March 2010

Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas in children: typical radiological findings and pathological correlation

Saad Al-Qahtani
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Francois Gudinchet
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tarek Laswed
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Pierre Schnyder
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Sabine Schmidt
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Maria-Chiara Osterheld
- Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Leonor Alamo
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Corresponding author. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon, 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 21 314 3054; fax: +41 21 314 4645.

Received 26 March 2009; accepted 15 May 2009. published online 28 August 2009.

Abstract

We report a case series of three children with solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPT) in which a complete radiological work-up, including ultrasound, computed tomography scans, and MRI, has been carried out. The aim of this article is to highlight the characteristic imaging findings of SPT in the pediatric age group and to establish a correlation with typical histopathological findings of the lesion.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal radiology, Pancreatic tumor, Abdominal CT, Abdominal MRI