Intrapancreatic accessory spleen
ABSTRACT An asymptomatic 79-year-old woman, with incidental finding on abdominal ultrasound of a solid nodule in the tail of the pancreas. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a 12mm solid tumor. The suggested diagnosis was pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. The pathological examination showed an intrapancreatic splenic tissue. This is a rare ectopic location of spleen tissue and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic solid tumors.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
2017
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082017000300366 |
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