title: Sonazoid-enhanced ultrasonography for the diagnosis of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen in 59-year-old man, in which contrast-enhanced sonography (US) using Sonazoid, a second-generation contrast agent, was useful for the diagnosis. Sonazoid-enhanced US could prove both hypervascularity and the existence of reticuloendothelial cell systems in the mass, which is the key to the diagnosis of an accessory spleen. Sonazoid-enhanced US might become a standard imaging technique for the diagnosis of an accessory spleen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Ikeda Municipal Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Kazuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Sachiyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kogita
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawai
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Igura
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takamura
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010087:Oxides; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D010087:Oxides; C069727:Sonazoid; D007501:Iron