Splenic variant simulating suprarenal mass diagnosed with emission computerized tomography.
The CT scans of a woman with left flank and lower abdominal pain were interpreted as showing a mass adjacent to the tail of the pancreas. Imaging with Tc-99m sulfur colloid and emission computerized tomography revealed that the CT scan abnormality represented functioning splenic tissue and thereby avoided unnecessary surgical exploration.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid