title: [Splenic vein aneurysm: diagnosis with color-coded duplex ultrasound].
abstract: This is a report on a 67-year-old woman who was admitted to our department with a suspected pseudocyst of the pancreas as diagnosed by ultrasonography performed elsewhere. A percutaneous US study revealed an echo-free space-consuming process measuring 3 cm in diameter and located cranially to the pancreas. On the basis of colour Doppler sonography, a splenic vein aneurysm was diagnosed. An endosonographic examination clearly visualized the aneurysm. Colour Doppler sonographic examination is a valuable diagnostic procedure for the differential diagnosis of "cystic" space-consuming processes in the region of the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: 6. Medizinische Klinik, Klinikum Nürnberg.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color