• DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.11.022
Corpus ID: 39912738

Intrapancreatic splenunculus.

@article{MeyerRochow2007IntrapancreaticS,
  title={Intrapancreatic splenunculus.},
  author={G. Meyer-Rochow and A. J. Gifford and J. Samra and M. Sywak},
  journal={American journal of surgery},
  year={2007},
  volume={194 1},
  pages={
          75-6
        }
}

G. Meyer-Rochow, A. J. Gifford, +1 author M. Sywak

Published 2007

Medicine

American journal of surgery

Intrapancreatic accessory spleens are uncommon, however, the recognition and appropriate confirmatory diagnostic imaging of an intrapancreatic splenunculus is important to avoid an unnecessary surgery for a suspected pancreatic tumor. We present a patient who underwent a distal pancreatectomy for a suspected pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor based on clinical history, radiologic imaging, and a positive labeled octreotide scan. A brief review of intrapancreatic splenunculi and confirmatory… CONTINUE READING

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