Intrapancreatic accessory spleen

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Right upper quadrant pain.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male

Distended gallbladder with thick enhanced wall. Impacted stone (30 mm) in the gallbladder neck with sludge.

Well-circumscribed ovoid nodules of the pancreatic tail isointense to spleen on all sequences (best seen on axial T2 fat sat) with homogeneous enhancement as the splenic parenchyma on post-contrast sequences.

No dilatation of the intra-or extrahepatic biliary radicles (CBD = 6 mm).

Case Discussion

MRI features most consistent with an intrapancreatic accessory spleen (incidental finding) in a patient with acute cholecystitis on impacted stone in the gallbladder neck.

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