ABSTRACT
Solid pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare tumor that occurs predominantly in young women. It often presents as a big abdominal mass whose preoperative diagnosis appears to be difficult. It is a low- grade malignancy tumor and surgery is the mainstay of treatment. The Authors report the case of a 40 year-old woman with an abdominal mass supposed to origin from the mesenterium, diagnosed as a solid pseudo-papillary tumor of the pancreas after histological examination and treated by enucleation. Moreover literature data about epidemiology, histogenesis, diagnosis and treatment are analysed.
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Cystadenoma, Papillary/diagnosis , Pancreatic Neoplasms/diagnosis , Adult , Cystadenoma, Papillary/surgery , Female , Humans , Pancreas/pathology , Pancreatic Neoplasms/surgery , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to report on a survey of 100 liver resections performed over an 8-year period. Seventy-four patients underwent surgery for primary or secondary liver tumours, 15 for benign diseases, and 11 for traumas. The overall operative mortality rate was 3.0%, while the operative mortality rate in elective resections was 2.3%. Five-year survival was 22% for colorectal metastases and 25% for hepatocarcinomas. The expanding role of liver surgery in the treatment of hepato-biliary diseases is emphasized and the importance of anatomical surgery, guided by intraoperative ultrasonography, with limited blood loss and transfusion, is stressed.