title: Symptomatic pelvic accessory spleen in a female adolescent: Case report.
abstract: Accessory spleens are congenital foci of healthy splenic tissue that are separate from the main body of the spleen. They occur in 10-30% of individuals; a wandering accessory spleen located in the pelvis is uncommon. Most patients are asymptomatic. We describe the case of a female adolescent presenting with acute abdominal pain who had a pelvic accessory spleen that mimicked an adnexal mass. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 45:600-602, 2017.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galilee Medical Center-Nahariya, POB 21, Nahariya, 22100, Israel.
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tendler
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galilee Medical Center-Nahariya, POB 21, Nahariya, 22100, Israel.
authors.forename: Rola Khamise
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galilee Medical Center-Nahariya, POB 21, Nahariya, 22100, Israel.
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kais
authors.affiliation: Galilee Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
authors.forename: Marwan
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1616-1381
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Odeh
authors.affiliation: Galilee Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bornstein
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: adnexal mass; laparoscopy; pelvic accessory spleen; transvaginal ultrasound