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Intrapancreatic accessory spleen issues: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
Nikolaos Arkadopoulos1, Panagiotis Athanasopoulos, Vaia Stafyla
1Second Department of Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Context:
Intrapancreatic accessory spleen is an exceptionally rare entity, commonly mistaken for a pancreatic neoplasm. Preoperative diagnosis based on radiologic imaging features is difficult. Aspiration cytology may be misleading due to poor sampling.
Case Report:
We report a very rare case of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen which radiologically and cytologically mimicked a neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor.
Conclusion:
Modern imaging techniques will probably lead to an increasing number of intrapancreatic accessory spleens being discovered, posing significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
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