title: A case of intrapancreatic accessory spleen mistaken as a pancreatic mass due to different enhancing pattern from normal spleen.
abstract: Most cases of accessory spleen show similar features as normal spleen in imaging studies. However, some accessory spleen has unusual scan feature which can be misdiagnosed. We present a case of intrapancreatic accessory spleen that was discovered incidentally during a workup for abdominal pain in a 47-year-old woman. CT and MRI revealed a different enhancing pattern from that of the spleen. Further evaluation with endoscopic ultrasonography failed to identify the pancreatic mass. Therefore, it was surgically removed and diagnosed pathologically as an accessory spleen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Gumi, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Wan Jung
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeong Gyu
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.forename: Youn Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyun Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Tae Il
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gyo Chang
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sook
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography