Case note: intrapancreatic accessory spleen mimicking a pancreatic endocrine tumour.
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.
Touré
Lossany
L
Service de chirurgie, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.
Bédard
Justine
J
Sawan
Bassem
B
Mosimann
François
F
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