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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.
Santos,Marcelo Protásio dos and Rezende,Aline Pacheco de and Santos Filho,Paulo Vicente dos and Gonçalves,José Eduardo and Beraldo,Fernando Bray and Sampaio,Adriano Pereira. Intrapancreatic accessory spleen. Einstein (São Paulo) [online]. 2017, vol. 15, n. 3, [cited 2025-09-26], pp.1-3. Available from: <https://journal.einstein.br/article/intrapancreatic-accessory-spleen/>. ISSN 1679-4508. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082017RC3942
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Surgical sample of distal pancreatectomy with intrapancreatic ectopic spleen
