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Pathological Case of the Month
Steven D. Billings, MD;
Philip Faught, MD;
Mary M. Davis, MD
From the Division of Pediatric Pathology, James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, 2536, Indianapolis, Ind.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:89-90.
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A 15-YEAR-OLD white girl presented with a history of acute, left upper quadrant abdominal pain that developed while she was performing gymnastics. She had no history of trauma or pancreatitis. An abdominal computed tomographic scan revealed a large mass in the tail of the pancreas. The differential diagnosis based on the computed tomographic scan included pancreatic pseudocyst and papillary cystadenoma. An endoscopic retrograde cholangiogram and pancreatogram showed a J-shaped stomach consistent with extrinsic compression, an inferiorly displaced main pancreatic duct with a smooth, tapered narrowing, and no filling of the pancreatic tail. There was no evidence of communication of the pancreatic duct with the mass. The cholangiogram showed no abnormalities. Exploratory laparotomy showed a large mass involving the pancreatic tail and adherent to the splenic artery and vein. A distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy was performed; the gross specimen showed . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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