title: Ga-68 octreotate PET/CT and Tc-99m heat-denatured red blood cell SPECT/CT imaging of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen.
abstract: Intrapancreatic accessory spleens are relatively uncommon and can be difficult to distinguish from neuroendocrine tumours on CT, MRI and somatostatin receptor scintigraphy. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman with an incidentally diagnosed pancreatic lesion confirmed to be an intrapancreatic accessory spleen on Tc-99m heat-denatured red blood cell single photon emission computed tomography/CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Marty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Kenneth S K
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kalff
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000072078:Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D000072098:Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C513399:gallium Ga 68 dotatate
keywords: GaTate; PET/CT; SPECT/CT; intrapancreatic accessory spleen