Intrapancreatic splenunculus

Goswin Y. Meyer-Rochow; Andrew J. Gifford; Jaswinder S. Samra; Mark S. Sywak

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.11.022

Intrapancreatic splenunculus

Goswin Y. Meyer-Rochow, Andrew J. Gifford, Jaswinder S. Samra, Mark S. Sywak^*

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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

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Abstract

Intrapancreatic accessory spleens are uncommon, however, the recognition and appropriate confirmatory diagnostic imaging of an intrapancreatic splenunculus is important to avoid an unnecessary surgery for a suspected pancreatic tumor. We present a patient who underwent a distal pancreatectomy for a suspected pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor based on clinical history, radiologic imaging, and a positive labeled octreotide scan. A brief review of intrapancreatic splenunculi and confirmatory diagnostic imaging is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-76
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Surgery
Volume	194
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.11.022
Publication status	Published - Jul 2007

Keywords

Accessory spleen
Intrapancreatic
Octreotide
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor
Splenunculus

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