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Rare disease
Solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas in an 11-year-old Iranian girl
  1. Ali Akhavan1,
  2. Fariba Binesh2,
  3. Hossein Navabii3
  1. 1Department of Radiotherapy, Shahid Sadoghi University, Yazd, Iran
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Shahid Sadoghi Hospital, Shahid Sadoghi University, Yazd, Iran
  3. 3Student of medicine, Shahid Sadoghi Hospital, Shahid Sadoghi University, Yazd, Iran
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ali Akhavan, ali52akhavan{at}yahoo.com

Solid pseudopapillary tumour (SPT) of the pancreas is a low-malignancy-potential tumour of the pancreas. It mostly occurs in young female adults. It is uncommon in childhood. Here, we present the case of an 11-year-old girl with SPT.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5866

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