Frantz's tumour of the pancreas presenting as a post-traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst
Hansson, B.; Hubens, G.; Hagendorens, M.; Deprettere, A.; Colpaert, C.; Eyskens, E.
Acta Chirurgica Belgica 99(2): 82-84
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5458 PMID: 10352738 Document Number: 508395
A case of a solid, pseudopapillary and cystic tumour of the pancreas in a 13-year-old girl was presented. Shortly after a blunt abdominal trauma, an abdominal mass became manifest. Clinical features and radiological findings suggested a traumatic pseudocyst of the pancreas. Laparotomy and pathology revealed a Frantz's tumour, which was totally resected. Twelve months after surgery the patient is asymptomatic and CT-scan shows no signs of recurrence or metastasis. To our knowledge, no such acute presentation has ever been described in the literature since the first clinical report of this tumour in 1959.