“Two tales of Frantz”: Varied presentations of solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasms of the pancreas

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dc.contributor.authorJacob, Men_US
dc.contributor.authorBharathan, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorBalaraman, Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorVenugopal, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-18T11:56:19Z
dc.date.available2025-06-18T11:56:19Z
dc.date.issued2025-04
dc.description.abstractFrantz tumors or solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasms (SPEN) are rare pancreatic neoplasms seen in young, adolescent females, and rarely affect adult men. They are one of the most common pediatric pancreatic tumors and are most commonly seen in the distal pancreas (body and tail). Here, we present the two cases of Frantz tumor, of which the first is a classical presentation - SPEN tumor in the pancreatic body in a 9-year-old girl child, while the second is a rarer presentation in an adult male with the tumor located in the head of pancreas. Both patients presented with abdominal pain as their initial complaint and eventually underwent complete excision of the tumor. The contrasting features of the same tumor in both patients highlighted the need for us to report them as well as to review the tumor in general.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of General Surgery, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Surgical Gastroenterology, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of General Surgery, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationJacob M, Bharathan A, Balaraman K, Venugopal S.. “Two tales of Frantz”: Varied presentations of solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasms of the pancreas. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences. 2025 Apr; 77(1): 43-45en_US
dc.identifier.issn1998-3654
dc.identifier.issn0019-5359
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/249723
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherScientific Scholaren_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume77en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.25259/IJMS_264_2024en_US
dc.subjectFrantz tumoren_US
dc.subjectPancreatic tumorsen_US
dc.subjectPediatric tumorsen_US
dc.title“Two tales of Frantz”: Varied presentations of solid pseudopapillary epithelial neoplasms of the pancreasen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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