Retroperitoneal congenital epidermoid cyst misdiagnosed as a solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas:A case report

作     者：Jun Ma Ya-Ming Zhang Chao-Ping Zhou Lei Zhu 

作者机构：Department of Surgical OncologyAnqing Municipal HospitalAnqing 246000Anhui ProvinceChina 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2022年第10卷第8期

页      面：2504-2509页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Epidermoid cysts Retroperitoneal tumor Solid pseudopapillary tumor of pancreas Surgery Case report 

摘      要：BACKGROUND Retroperitoneal cysts are rare and usually asymptomatic abdominal *** cysts are frequent benign cutaneous tumors,but retroperitoneal localization of these cysts does not occur very *** SUMMARY We report a case report of a 25-year-old woman with a giant mass in the abdominal *** imaging examination indicated that the mass probably originated from the pancreas,the mass was considered a solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas(SPTP).However,surgery revealed a retroperitoneal epidermoid cyst located behind the pancreas neck and the root of the superior mesenteric artery(SMA).We performed complete resection of the *** pathology showed an epidermoid *** patient fared well after two months of *** Surgery is the gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of retroperitoneal epidermoid *** epidermoid cysts around the pancreas are easily misdiagnosed as cystic *** should pay particular attention to preoperative diagnosis to reduce severe surgical complications and improve the quality of life of patients.