Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Detected by 68Ga DOTANOC PET/CT and 99mTc-Colloid SPECT/CT Scintigraphy. (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Collarino, Angela; del Ciello, Annemilia; Perotti, Germano; Rufini, Vittoria
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 5(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000601
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Abstract</title> <p>A 77-year-old man was referred to our center for a suspected neuroendocrine neoplasm in the pancreatic tail, incidentally detected at CT. ⁶⁸Ga 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 ^99mTc-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.</p> </sec> </abstract>