title: Duplication of the spleen with a short pancreas.
abstract: The most common form of splenic anomaly with a concurrent short pancreas is polysplenia, which has been described in various studies in the radiological literature. However, splenic duplication has never been reported. We report here a case of splenic duplication associated with a short pancreas and pre-duodenal portal vein. This extremely rare case of splenic anomaly shows unique multidetector CT findings that are distinguishable from a splenic lobulation or cleft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea. rad2000@hanmail.net
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: I Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S-B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed