Whipple procedure for Solid Pseudopapillary Epithelial Neoplasm (SPEN)
PACE Hospitals’ Surgical Gastroenterology team successfully performed the Whipple's Procedure (Pancreaticoduodenectomy) for a young child suffering from Solid Pseudopapillary Epithelial Neoplasm (SPEN) associated with jaundice and severe biliary obstruction.
A 9-Year-Old Male patient presented to the Surgical Gastroenterology Department, at PACE Hospitals, Hyderabad, with complaints of jaundice persisting for three weeks, along with intermittent epigastric pain. The jaundice was associated with generalized itching. There was no history of fever, nausea, vomiting, or significant weight loss.
The patient had no history of significant medical conditions, abdominal surgeries, or chronic illnesses. There was no known history of similar complaints in the past. The family history was non-contributory.
The patient was initially evaluated at an external hospital, where an ultrasound (USG) showed a 47x45x39 mm well-defined, heterogeneous, predominantly solid echogenic lesion in the pancreatic head, externally indenting the common bile duct (CBD), leading to upstream biliary dilatation.
PET-CT confirmed the presence of a mildly hypermetabolic, well-defined, heterogeneously enhancing soft tissue density lesion in the pancreatic head, indenting the ampulla of Vater and CBD, causing dilatation of the cystic duct, common hepatic duct (CHD), and bilateral intrahepatic biliary radical dilatation (IHBRD).
Based on these findings, the diagnosis of Solid Pseudopapillary Epithelial Neoplasm (SPEN) of the pancreas was established.
Whipple procedure for Solid Pseudopapillary Epithelial Neoplasm (SPEN)