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- Title
More than the prostate: Intrapancreatic accessory spleen and papillary thyroid cancer detected with 18F-PSMA PET/CT.
- Authors
Singh, Dalveer; Horneman, Roslyn
- Abstract
Intra pancreatic accessory spleens (IPAS) are often benign and an incidental finding. Histologically they have the same structure and function of a normal spleen, but during fetal development the splenic anlages fail to fuse. This results in spleen separate to the main splenic body, often along the path of the splenic vessels. 10-30% of people have an IPAS somewhere in their body, with 80% found in the splenic hilum followed by 17% in the pancreas. Most IPAS are asymptomatic and pose no clinical problem. However they can also hemorrhage, spontaneously rupture, form cysts, undergo torsion or contribute to a hematological disorder. In these cases the IPAS must be removed. It is thus of vital importance to accurately diagnose IPAS in a non-invasive manner to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention (1-6).
- Subjects
THYROID cancer; POSITRON emission tomography; SPLENIC rupture; HEMORRHAGE; PROSTATECTOMY
- Publication
Gamma Gazette, 2018, Issue 23, p38
- ISSN
2200-9876
- Publication type
Case Study