@Article{Szwedziak2014,
journal="Contemporary Oncology/Współczesna Onkologia",
issn="1428-2526",
volume="18",
number="3",
year="2014",
title="Beger procedure in a 20-year-old female with solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas",
abstract="Solid pseudopapillary tumour is a rare indolent neoplasm of the pancreas (< 2% of exocrine pancreatic tumours), which predominantly affects young women at reproductive age, without significant clinical symptoms.   We report a case of a 20-year-old Caucasian female who presented with upper abdominal pain of one-year duration. Ultrasound scans of the abdomen demonstrated enlarged pancreatic head and body containing a poorly separated mass (52 × 41 × 36 mm) with a multi-cystic component 20–24 mm in diameter. Laboratory tests including, tumour markers levels, were normal. She underwent complete resection of the tumour using a Beger procedure. By immunohistochemistry, the case stained strongly for CD10 and CD56 and was negative for cytokeratin-7 (CK-7), synaptophysin and chromogranin A. The proliferation index (Ki-67) was < 1%. The patient is being followed-up and remains healthy.    Conclusions : Solid pseudopapillary tumour is a tumour with low potential of malignancy and with generally favourable prognosis; surgical resection is usually curative.",
author="Szwedziak, Krzysztof
and Durczyński, Adam
and Danilewicz, Marian
and Strzelczyk, Janusz",
pages="211--214",
doi="10.5114/wo.2014.41387",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/wo.2014.41387"
}