A novel cytogenetic abnormality in a solid and cystic papillary tumour of the pancreas

✍ Scribed by Stringer, Mark D. ;Roberts, Paul ;Davison, Suzanne M. ;Gannon, Caroline

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 123 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-1532
• DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10315

✦ Synopsis

Solid and cystic papillary tumors of the pancreas (SCPTs) are rare in children. They have been variously described using the terms papillary, cystic, solid, and epithelial combined with neoplasm or tumour. Approximately 500 cases have been re-ported in the English literature, the majority in young women of Asian origin. Zhou et al. reviewed the pediatric literature in 2001 and identified 78 cases [1]. Mean age at presentation was 13 years (range 7-16 years), most were girls (female to male 1 Our patient was treated with polychemotherapy including epirubicin (4 0 -epidoxorubicin), a doxorubicin isomer developed with the aim of reducing risks of fatal heart toxicity.