Frantz's tumour of the pancreas presenting as a post-traumatic pancreatic pseudocyst

A case of a solid, pseudopapillary and cystic tumour of the pancreas in a 1 3-year-old girl was presented. Shortly after a blunt abdominal trauma, an a bdominal mass became manifest. Clinical features and radiological findings suggested a traumatic pseudocyst of the pancreas. Laparotomy and pathology revealed a Frantz's tumour, which was totally resected. Twelve months after surgery the patient is asymptomatic and CT-scan shows no signs of recurren ce or metastasis. To our knowledge, no such acute presentation has ever bee n described in the Literature since the first clinical report of this tumou r in 1959.