Open AccessIntrapancreatic accessory spleen versus a neuroendocrine pancreas tumor: a diagnostic challenge
Author(s) -
Lucia Diego García,
Alba Manuel Vázquez,
Emilio Durán,
José Manuel Ramia Ángel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6558/2019
Subject(s) - medicine , accessory spleen , pancreas , spleen , pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor , neuroendocrine tumors , pathology , general surgery , splenectomy
The intrapancreatic accessory spleen is a congenital entity whose differential diagnosis is mainly raised with neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas. Keeping in mind this unfrequent entity and careful interpretation of the imaging tests, especially magnetic resonance imaging, can give us the key to make a correct definitive diagnosis. Successful diagnosis is important in order to try to avoid diagnostic pancreatectomies that could carry out severe morbidity.