TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Detected by 68Ga DOTANOC PET/CT and 99mTc-Colloid SPECT/CT Scintigraphy
AU - Collarino, Angela
AU - Del Ciello, Annemilia
AU - Perotti, Germano
AU - Rufini, Vittoria
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - ACCESSORY SPLEEN
KW - PET/CT
KW - ACCESSORY SPLEEN
KW - PET/CT
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/60683
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U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000601
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000601
M3 - Article
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 2015
SP - 415
EP - 418
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 40
ER -