Tumor sólido pseudopapilar de páncreas: presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura / [Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas: a case report and a review of the literature].

The solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare neoplasm, representing 0.13

of all pancreatic tumors. This neoplasm is more common in young women between the third and fourth decade of life. It may produce nonspecific symptoms and in many cases is asymptomatic, being diagnosed incidentally. A 28-year-old woman with no previous medical history presented epigastric pain for the last 3 months. Physical examination was normal. When an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed, a submucosal lesion was observed in the posterior wall of the stomach. A computed tomography and a magnetic resonance imaging were done and both showed a 2.8 cm-diameter tumor in the body of the pancreas. She underwent a spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy (Warshaw surgery), evolved favourably and was discharged at the sixth postoperative day. The pathological diagnosis of the surgical specimen was a solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas. Surgery is the gold-standard treatment for this condition, given the facts that no other treatment have proven being effective and often surgical treatment is curative because of the tumor’s low malignant potential.

Aplicación del score de clavien en el servicio de cirugía general / Useful utilization of clavien's score to classify surgical complications

Introducción: la falta de información de resultados negativos es una deficiencia importante en la literatura médica, lo cual hace difícil evaluar los resltados de las nuevas terapéuticas. Clavien y colaboradores, propusieron una clasificación que es útil para el estudio de las complicaciones quirúrgicas. El objetivo de este trabajo, fue, aplicar el nuevo Score de Clavien y colaboradores en el Servicio de Cirugía General del Sanatorio Allende, evaluando las complicaciones quirúrgicas. Matirial y métodos: es un estudio prospectivo observacional de los pacientes que fueron intervenidos por cirugías electivas o de urgencia por el Servicio de Cirugía General del Sanatorio Allende durante los meses de marzo a septiembre del 2010. Se utilizó el trabajo de Clavien para clasificar las cirugías y las complicaciones quirúrgicas. Algunos pacientes tuvieron más de una complicación, pero sólo se registró la más importante. Resultados: se analizó un total de 1.117 cirugías, se registró una morbilidad general del 5,19% y una mortalidad del 0,53%. Las cirugías tipo A se complicaron en un 3,93%, las cirugías tipo B se complicaron en un 5,53% y las tipo C se complicaron en un 23,07%. Pacientes complicados según la clasificación, Grado I 18,96%, II 36,2%; IIIa 8,62%; IIIb 15,51%; IVa 8,62%; IVb 1,72%; V 10,34%. Conclusión: el Score de Clavien y colaboradores, nos resultó un método útil, objetivo y fácil para llevar los estudios estadísticos en nuestro servicio de cirugía y comparar las diferentes terapéuticas posibles para las complicaciones.

Introduction: the lack of information about negative results is an important deficiency in medical literature, making difficult to evaluate new therapeutics results. Clavien and colleagues suggested a useful classification for the study of surgical complications. The aim of this work was to analyze surgical complications according to Clavien's score in Sanatorio Allende's General Surgery Department. Materials and Methods: it is a prospective observational study of every patient who went under scheduled or urgent surgery in Sanatorio Allende during the period of time March-September 2010. Clavien's score was used to classify surgical complications. Some patient had more than one complication, the most important was the one taken into account. Results: A total of 1,117 surgeries were analyzed, obtaining a morbility of 5,19 % and a mortality of 0,53 %. A 3,93 % of type A surgeries got complicated, while a 5,53 % of type B surgeries and a 23.07% of type C surgeries. Complicated patients according to classification were: Grade I 18,96%; II 36,2%; IIIa 8,62%; IIIb 15,51 %; IVa 8,62%; IVb 1.72%; V 10,34%. Conclusion: Clavien's Score was a useful, easy and objective method to apply statistical methods to our surgical department and let us compare the different therapeutics for the complications registered.