splenopancreatic fusion
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2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adalet Elcin Yildiz ◽  
Macit Orhan Ariyurek ◽  
Musturay Karcaaltincaba

Spleen can have a wide range of anomalies including its shape, location, number, and size. Although most of these anomalies are congenital, there are also acquired types. Congenital anomalies affecting the shape of spleen are lobulations, notches, and clefts; the fusion and location anomalies of spleen are accessory spleen, splenopancreatic fusion, and wandering spleen; polysplenia can be associated with a syndrome. Splenosis and small spleen are acquired anomalies which are caused by trauma and sickle cell disease, respectively. These anomalies can be detected easily by using different imaging modalities including ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and also Tc-99m scintigraphy. In this pictorial essay, we review the imaging findings of these anomalies which can cause diagnostic pitfalls and be interpreted as pathologic processes.


2008 ◽  
Vol 146A (10) ◽  
pp. 1299-1306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna M. Lehman ◽  
Deborah McFadden ◽  
Denise Pugash ◽  
Karan Sangha ◽  
William T. Gibson ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Cesar Peres ◽  
Gustavo Henrique T. De Sales Barbosa ◽  
Renata Scarpat Careta ◽  
Cristiane Miziara Nassif ◽  
João Monteiro De Pina-Neto ◽  
...  

Splenopancreatic fusion is an uncommon finding, usually only seen as part of the splenopancreatic field abnormality associated with trisomy 13. It may present itself either as ectopic splenic tissue in the cauda pancreatis, as ectopic pancreatic tissue in the spleen or accessory spleen, or as fusion of the cauda pancreatis and splenic hilum. In this study, we report four unrelated congenital anomaly cases presenting trisomy 21, osteocraniostenosis syndrome, isolated congenital heart defect, and oligohydramnios sequence due to prune belly syndrome, in which fusion was observed. This demonstrates that, although it may be more common in trisomy 13, this phenomenon should not be interpreted as pathognomonic to that syndrome.


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