Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Mimicking Neuroendocrine Tumor on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bhure, Ujwal; Metzger, Jürg; Keller, Franziska Aebersold; Zander, Andrea; Lago, Marisol Pérez; Herring, Kerstin; Strobel, Klaus
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 9(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000863
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Besides well-known physiologic uptake of ⁶⁸Ga-DOTATATE in spleen, pituitary gland, pancreatic head, adrenals, kidney, and urinary bladder, sometimes unusual areas of uptake are found. We report a case of a 53-year-old woman who had vague pain in abdomen for which abdominal CT was done showing a contrast-enhancing lesion in the pancreatic tail. It was suspected to be of neuroendocrine origin and ⁶⁸Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT showed a corresponding focal uptake. Spleen-preserving pancreatic tail resection was performed. Pathology revealed the diagnosis of an accessory intrapancreatic spleen (AIPS).</p> </sec> </abstract>