Pancreatitis in pediatric patients with pancreatic solid pseudopapillary neoplasms- a single center experience

Solid pseudopapillary neoplasms are one of the most frequent pancreatic tumors in pediatric patients

Surgery for solid pseudopapillary neoplasms is usually curative and outcomes are excellent

In a single center study, 10 adolescent girls underwent surgical resection for solid pseudopapillary neoplasms

3 out of 10 patients developed acute recurrent or chronic pancreatitis after resection

Every patient who developed ongoing pancreatitis had genetic risk factors like CFTR gene variants or pancreas divisum

Some patients with post-resection pancreatitis ultimately required completion pancreatectomy

Identifying genetic and anatomic risk factors before surgery may change management of patients with solid pseudopapillary neoplasms