Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: Typical and Atypical Manifestations
Jin-Young Choi1,2,3,
Myeong-Jin Kim1,2,4,5,
Joo Hee Kim1,2,
Seung Hyoung Kim1,2,
Joon Sok Lim1,2,
Young Taik Oh1,2,
Jae-Joon Chung1,2,
Hyung Sik Yoo1,2,
Jong Tae Lee1,2 and
Ki Whang Kim1,2
1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine,
Seodaemun-ku Shinchon-dong 134, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
2 Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of
Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
3 Department of Radiology and Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National
University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
4 Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of
Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
5 Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul
120-752, Korea.

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Fig. 1 19-year-old woman with palpable abdominal mass of solid
pseudopapillary tumor. Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows well-encapsulated
heterogeneous mass (arrow) in tail of pancreas.
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Fig. 2A 20-year-old woman with palpable abdominal mass of solid
pseudopapillary tumor. Axial T1-weighted gradient-echo image shows
well-defined heterogeneous hyperintense mass with rim of low signal intensity
(arrow) in head of pancreas.
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Fig. 2B 20-year-old woman with palpable abdominal mass of solid
pseudopapillary tumor. Axial fast spin-echo T2-weighted image shows
heterogeneous hyperintense mass in head of pancreas. Fibrous capsule appears
as band of low signal intensity (arrow).
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Fig. 2C 20-year-old woman with palpable abdominal mass of solid
pseudopapillary tumor. Unenhanced axial T1-weighted gradient-echo image shows
hemorrhage as area of high signal intensity (arrow).
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Fig. 2D 20-year-old woman with palpable abdominal mass of solid
pseudopapillary tumor. Delayed phase axial T1-weighted gradient-echo image
obtained after gadolinium administration shows heterogeneous enhancement
(arrow) of solid portion of mass.
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Fig. 3A 28-year-old woman with intermittent abdominal pain for 2
months and pancreatic and cystic mass in liver. Surgical resection of liver
confirmed presence of metastatic solid pseudopapillary tumor.
Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows mass (white arrow) in tail of
pancreas with peripheral calcification (black arrow).
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Fig. 3B 28-year-old woman with intermittent abdominal pain for 2
months and pancreatic and cystic mass in liver. Surgical resection of liver
confirmed presence of metastatic solid pseudopapillary tumor. CT scan shows
cystic mass (arrow) with focal solid portion in liver.
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Fig. 3C 28-year-old woman with intermittent abdominal pain for 2
months and pancreatic and cystic mass in liver. Surgical resection of liver
confirmed presence of metastatic solid pseudopapillary tumor. Fast spin-echo
T2-weighted image shows fluid-fluid level within mass (arrow),
indicating hemorrhage.
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Fig. 3D 28-year-old woman with intermittent abdominal pain for 2
months and pancreatic and cystic mass in liver. Surgical resection of liver
confirmed presence of metastatic solid pseudopapillary tumor. Delayed contrast
MR image reveals encapsulation of mass (arrow).
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Fig. 3E 28-year-old woman with intermittent abdominal pain for 2
months and pancreatic and cystic mass in liver. Surgical resection of liver
confirmed presence of metastatic solid pseudopapillary tumor. Delayed MR image
of liver shows cystic mass (arrow) with focal solid component.
Differential diagnoses of cystic metastasis and biliary cystadenoma were
considered.
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Fig. 3F 28-year-old woman with intermittent abdominal pain for 2
months and pancreatic and cystic mass in liver. Surgical resection of liver
confirmed presence of metastatic solid pseudopapillary tumor. Fast spin-echo
T2-weighted image of liver shows well-marginated, hemorrhagic, cystic and
solid mass (arrow).
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Fig. 4A 56-year-old woman with elevated aspartate aminotransferase
and alanine aminotransferase levels. Axial T1-weighted MR image shows
heterogeneous mass (arrow) in pancreatic tail with areas of high
signal intensity suggesting hemorrhage.
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Fig. 4B 56-year-old woman with elevated aspartate aminotransferase
and alanine aminotransferase levels. Coronal T2-weighted MR image shows
well-marginated mass (large arrow) arising from tail of pancreas.
Multiple hepatic metastatic lesions (small arrows) are evident.
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Fig. 5A 43-year-old woman with dyspepsia and solid pseudopapillary
tumor with ductal obstruction. Transverse sonogram shows hypoechoic mass
(arrow) in head of pancreas.
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Fig. 5B 43-year-old woman with dyspepsia and solid pseudopapillary
tumor with ductal obstruction. Axial CT scan of pancreas obtained in arterial
phase reveals ill-defined low-density mass (arrow) in head of
pancreas. Focal calcification is present within mass.
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Fig. 5C (continued)43-year-old woman with dyspepsia and solid
pseudopapillary tumor with ductal obstruction. CT scan shows marked dilatation
(arrows) of main pancreatic duct.
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Fig. 5D (continued)43-year-old woman with dyspepsia and solid
pseudopapillary tumor with ductal obstruction. Photograph of surgical specimen
shows infiltrative solid mass (arrow) in head of pancreas. Pancreatic
duct was occluded by solid mass, and upstream pancreatic duct was dilated.
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Fig. 6A 42-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found incidentally on
imaging. Axial CT scan of pancreas shows encapsulated mass with peripheral
calcification and focal extracapsular extension (arrow).
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Fig. 6B 42-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found incidentally on
imaging. T1-weighted gradient-echo image of pancreas shows heterogeneous mass
(arrow).
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Fig. 6C (continued) 42-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found
incidentally on imaging. Axial fast spin-echo T2-weighted image at same level
as B shows solid and cystic mass (arrow).
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Fig. 6D (continued) 42-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found
incidentally on imaging. Axial T1-weighted gradient-echo image obtained in
delayed phase of enhancement shows extracapsular extension (arrow) of
tumor.
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Fig. 6E (continued) 42-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found
incidentally on imaging. Photograph of gross pathologic specimen shows focal
pericapsular extension (arrow).
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Fig. 7A 56-year-old man with pancreatic mass found incidentally at
sonography. Axial T1-weighted MR image shows low-signal-intensity mass
(arrow) in head of pancreas.
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Fig. 7B 56-year-old man with pancreatic mass found incidentally at
sonography. Axial T2-weighted MR image obtained at same level as A
shows mass (arrow) of heterogeneous signal intensity.
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Fig. 7C 56-year-old man with pancreatic mass found incidentally at
sonography. Axial T1-weighted MR image obtained in arterial phase shows
hypervascular mass (arrow).
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Fig. 8A 44-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found on sonography.
Radiograph shows curvilinear calcification (arrow) in left upper
quadrant of abdomen.
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Fig. 8B 44-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found on sonography.
Transverse sonogram shows dense peripheral rim calcification with posterior
acoustic shadowing (arrow).
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Fig. 8C (continued)44-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found on
sonography. Unenhanced CT scan shows peripheral curvilinear calcification
(thin arrow) and internal hemorrhage (wide arrow).
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Fig. 8D (continued)44-year-old woman with pancreatic mass found on
sonography. Axial CT scan shows heterogeneous mass (arrow) with
calcification.
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Fig. 9A 58-year-old woman with pancreatic mass on sonography. Axial
CT shows extensive, dense, calcified mass (arrow) in body of
pancreas.
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Fig. 9B 58-year-old woman with pancreatic mass on sonography. Coronal
reformatted CT scan shows dense, thick, peripheral calcification
(arrow).
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Fig. 10A 41-year-old man with abdominal pain. Axial CT scan of
pancreas obtained in parenchymal phase of enhancement shows heterogeneous mass
with peripheral rim enhancement (arrow).
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Fig. 10B 41-year-old man with abdominal pain. Axial T1-weighted
gradient-echo image shows hypointense mass (arrow) in tail of
pancreas.
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Fig. 10C (continued)41-year-old man with abdominal pain. Axial
T2-weighted image shows heterogeneous hyperintense mass (arrow).
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