Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Detected by 68Ga DOTANOC PET/CT and 99mTc-Colloid SPECT/CT Scintigraphy

Angela Collarino; Annemilia Del Ciello; Germano Perotti; Vittoria Rufini

doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000601

Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Detected by 68Ga DOTANOC PET/CT and 99mTc-Colloid SPECT/CT Scintigraphy

Angela Collarino, Annemilia Del Ciello, Germano Perotti, Vittoria Rufini

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Abstract

A 77-year-old man was referred to our center for a suspected neuroendocrine neoplasm in the pancreatic tail, incidentally detected at CT. Ga DOTANOC PET/CT showed intense tracer uptake in the pancreatic lesion. At MRI, the lesion was similar to the spleen on all sequences, suggesting the presence of intrapancreatic accessory spleen. A Tc-colloid SPECT/CT scan performed to differentiate spleen tissue from neuroendocrine tumor revealed a focal uptake in the pancreatic lesion, thus confirming the presence of ectopic spleen and avoiding unnecessary surgery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	415-418
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000000601
Publication status	Published - 2014

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ACCESSORY SPLEEN
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Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Detected by 68Ga DOTANOC PET/CT and 99mTc-Colloid SPECT/CT Scintigraphy

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