title: Case note: intrapancreatic accessory spleen mimicking a pancreatic endocrine tumour.
abstract: We report a case of intrapancreatic accessory spleen that was initially misdiagnosed as an endocrine tumour. Although rare, this anomaly should be included in the differential diagnosis of caudal pancreatic masses to avoid unnecessary surgeries.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.
authors.forename: Lossany
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Touré
authors.forename: Justine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bédard
authors.forename: Bassem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sawan
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mosimann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013154:Spleen; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed