A Case of Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Mistaken as a Pancreatic Mass due to Different Enhancing Pattern from Normal Spleen / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
; : 357-360, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
Most cases of accessory spleen show similar features as normal spleen in imaging studies. However, some accessory spleen has unusual scan feature which can be misdiagnosed. We present a case of intrapancreatic accessory spleen that was discovered incidentally during a workup for abdominal pain in a 47-year-old woman. CT and MRI revealed a different enhancing pattern from that of the spleen. Further evaluation with endoscopic ultrasonography failed to identify the pancreatic mass. Therefore, it was surgically removed and diagnosed pathologically as an accessory spleen.
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Main subject:
Pancreatectomy
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Pancreatic Neoplasms
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Spleen
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Diagnostic Errors
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Year:
2011
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Article