A Review of Clinicopathological Characteristics and Treatment of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas with 2450 Cases in Chinese Population

• Published in: BioMed research international Vol. 2020; no. 2020; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Yao, Jihang, Song, He
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2020; Hindawi; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Abdomen; Age; Asian literature; Asians; Biomarkers; Carcinoma, Papillary - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Papillary - pathology; Carcinoma, Papillary - surgery; Chemotherapy; Chinese literature; Endoscopy; English literature; Enucleation; Follow-Up Studies; Health services; Humans; Metastasis; Pain; Pancreas; Pancreatic Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Pancreatic Neoplasms - pathology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery; Pancreatic tumors; Pathology; Patients; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Rare diseases; Review; Signs and symptoms; Statistics; Studies; Surgery; Tumors; Ultrasonic imaging; Veins & arteries; United Kingdom; China
• ISSN: 2314-6133; 2314-6141
• DOI: 10.1155/2020/2829647

Background. Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPTP) has been reported as a rare disease with low malignant potential. The aim of this study was to summarize experiences of the diagnosis and treatment for the patients reported in the Chinese population. Method. 2450 SPTP cases reported in English and Chinese literature before Jan 2020 were for our review and analysis retrospectively. Result. There are 389 male cases and 2061 female cases, and the ratio of male/female was 1 : 5.3. The average age was 29.3 years. The main clinical symptoms were upper abdominal pain and bloating discomfort in 51.6% of the cases and epigastric mass. 38.6% of the tumor was located at the head of the pancreas and 55.4% at the body and tail of the pancreas. The most frequent operative styles were tumor enucleation (38.4%). Pathology showed that the average diameter of the tumor was 8.2 cm and 12.3% of SPTP was malignant. 98.3% of cases had favorable survival. Conclusions. SPTP is a rare indolent tumor occurring mainly in young women, and the main clinical performances are abdominal mass and abdominal pain; most tumors are distributed at the head and the tail of the pancreas; the prognosis after complete resection is excellent.