ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the incidence, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of solid-pseudopapillary tumor of pancreas (SPTP) in China. Methods Data of 5 cases treated in Liaocheng Second Hospital and 649 cases reported in literature in the recent 10 years were retrospectively analyzed.Results The disease showed an increasing trend in recent 10 years. In total, 595 cases were reported in the recent 4 years. The disease was more common in young female, with a 1: 10 male female ratio. Their ages ranged from 8 to 67 years, 26.1 years on average. The chief symptoms were abdominal pain and discomfort. Diagnosis depended on postoperative pathological and immunohistochemical analysis. Tumors were mainly located in pancreas. All tumors were treated by surgical resection and prognosis was good. Conclusion SPTP is not rare. Definite diagnosis of SPTP depends on postoperative pathological and immunohistochemical study. Surgical resection is recommended due to its good prognosis.