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Objective To analyze the imaging features of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of pancreas (SPN) in children, and to improve the awareness of the disease. Methods From January 2007 to December 2016, 12 patients with SPN proven pathologically were enrolled in the study,of whom 12 cases underwent CT scanning and 3 cases underwent MRI scanning. The imaging data of SPN were analyzed retrospectively. The tumor parameters included the location, size, shape, margin, capsule, form, inhancement degree, and presence of calcification, biliary obstruction, surrounding, ascites, lymph node metastasis, as well as distant metastasis, which were comparative analyzed with that of pathology. Results CT showed that 3 cases were located in the head of pancreas,7 cases were located in the body/tail of pancreas, and 2 cases were ectopic. Twelve cases were circular tumors, the diameter of which ranged from 28—76 mm (median diameter 48 mm). Capsules were showed in 10 cases, calcification was seen in 4 cases and hemorrhage was seen in 1 case. Three cases were solid, 8 cases were solid and cystic mixed,and 1 case was cystic. The tumors were heterogeneous, and the solid portion of SPN was moderately to obviously enhanced gradually whereas the cystic part remained unenhanced. Nine cases showed that the tumors growed to the outside of pancreas,in which 4 cases covered by the normal pancreas tissue, 1 case located inside of the pancreas. One case caused biliary obstruction and the collateral circulation of splenic arteriovenous was established in 2 cases due to tumor compressed. Ascites was seen in 2 cases. MRI showed that the cystic components of tumor in 3 cases showed low signal in T1WI and high signal in T2WI, with no enhancement. The solid components of the tumor showed equal signal in T1WI and slightly higher signal in T2WI, with obvious enhancement. Capsules were showed in 3 cases with low signal in T1WI and T2WI, which were obviously enhanced in 2 cases and without enhancement in 1 case;hemorrhage was showed high signal in T1WI in 1 case. No lymph node metastasis and distance metastasis were observed in 12 cases. Conclusions The characteristic imaging findings of SPN in children are boundary clear, capsules, calcification, circular pancreas tumors, which grow to the outside of pancreas, with varied degrees of hemorrhage and necrosis. The solid portion of SPN is moderately or obviously enhanced gradually.
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Objective To evaluate the reproducibility of the three-dimensional volume measurement and two-dimensional measurement of pulmonary nodule volume with 64-detector computed tomography.Methods Thirty-three patients with pulmonary nodule who underwent the examination with 64-detector spiral CT(Lightspeed VCT,GE) were included,in whom sixty solid nodules with the diameter less than 3 cm were found.There were 18 women and 15 men.CT images were analysed by two radiologists,respectively,the volumes of pulmonary nodules were measured with ALA software continuously,and two-dimensional measurements which were separated a month apart were also done in the GE AW4.2 workstation independently.Intra-and inter-reader agreement were determined by using Bland and Altman method and the Spearman correlation coefficients,the variability between three-dimensional measurements and two-dimensional ones were identified.Results 57 nodules in 60 were successfully segmented and 3 were segmented incorrectly or unsuccessfully,the ratio of successful segmentation was 95%.Three-dimensional measurements between two readers were highly correlated with r of 0.998,and the r was 0.974 in the two-dimensional measurements.The difference between the two correlation coefficients was significant.The three-dimensional measurements between two readers had completely agreed with each other for nodules that of the diameter