title: Intrapancreatic accessory spleen.
abstract: A case of accessory spleen located in the tail of the pancreas in a stillbirth male foetus is reported. The congenital anomaly was revealed at autopsy. The intrapancreatic  spleen was well demarcated and was composed of red and white pulp; however, same pancreatic ducts were intermingled with the splenic parenchyma. As well as the intrapancreatic lesion another minute accessory spleen was also found at the hilum of the proper organ. Since a lack of morphological features of trisomy 13 syndrome were found in the foetus, the ectopic spleens were regarded as incidental findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathomorphology, Medical University of Lublin, Poland. jszumilo@wp.pl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szumiło
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fronczek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bukharin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burdan
mesh_terms: D037881:Aborted Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000473:pathology*; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000235:genetics