title: Case report. Retroperitoneal spleen mimicking suprarenal mass in association with malpositioned left kidney: embryologic theory.
abstract: A case is presented in which a malpositioned spleen mimics a suprarenal mass. The relationship between renal agenesis or malposition and variance in the position of the pancreatic tail and spleen are explained on an embryologic basis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed