Vol 71, No 1 (2012)
Case report
Published online: 2012-04-19
Intrapancreatic accessory spleen
Folia Morphol 2012;71(1):45-47.
Abstract
A case of accessory spleen located in the tail of the pancreas in a stillbirth male foetus is reported. The congenital anomaly was revealed at autopsy. The intrapancreatic
spleen was well demarcated and was composed of red and white pulp; however, same pancreatic ducts were intermingled with the splenic parenchyma. As well as the intrapancreatic lesion another minute accessory spleen was also found at the hilum of the proper organ. Since a lack of morphological features of trisomy 13 syndrome were found in the foetus, the ectopic spleens were regarded as incidental findings.
Keywords: accessory spleenanatomical variationcongenital malformation
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