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Pancreatic splenosis demonstrated by contrast‐enhanced sonography
Author(s) -
Rogers Patrick,
Williams M. P.,
Fernando Rashika,
Freeman Simon
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20823
Subject(s) - medicine , contrast enhanced ultrasound , microbubbles , ultrasound , radiology , contrast (vision) , pancreas , ultrasonography , artificial intelligence , computer science
Pancreatic splenosis is a very rare condition whose features on contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) have not, to our knowledge, been previously reported. We present the imaging findings in a case of pancreatic splenosis, in which a confident diagnosis was achieved with the use of CEUS and confirmed by a labeled heat denatured red cell scan. Accumulation of ultrasound contrast microbubbles in splenic tissue can be readily visualized on late‐phase CEUS and this technique has already been used to confirm the nature of intrapancreatic accessory spleens. This case shows that it can also confirm the diagnosis of splenosis. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011