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Case note: intrapancreatic accessory spleen mimicking a pancreatic endocrine tumour.

Lossany Touré, Justine Bédard, Bassem Sawan, and François Mosimann

Can J Surg 53(1):E1-2 (2010) PMID 20100401

We report a case of intrapancreatic accessory spleen that was initially misdiagnosed as an endocrine tumour. Although rare, this anomaly should be included in the differential diagnosis of caudal pancreatic masses to avoid unnecessary surgeries.

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