title: Intrapancreatic accessory spleen: diagnosis using contrast enhanced ultrasound.
abstract: Intrapancreatic accessory spleen (IPAS) is a mass that can mimick a neoplastic mass in the pancreas. As it poses no clinical problem no treatment is required. Unfortunately almost all the reported cases of IPAS have been misdiagnosed and unnecessary surgery performed. We performed contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in a patient with IPAS for a research purpose, and confirmed that CEUS is useful for diagnosing this entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Katsuragosho-cho, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8087, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D011134:Polysaccharides; C059891:SHU 508