1. Fusion anomaly of the pancreatic tail and spleen: a case report
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Hiromu Mori, Ryo Takaji, Masayuki Ohta, Maki Kiyonaga, Yukio Iwashita, Shunro Matsumoto, Yumiko Ando, Hiroki Uchida, Yasunari Yamada, Ahmad Khalid Omeri, and Masafumi Inomata
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cirrhosis ,Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Splenectomy ,lcsh:Medicine ,Splenopancreatic fusion ,Spleen ,Case Report ,Asymptomatic ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Multidetector computed tomography ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Pancreas ,Aged, 80 and over ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Liver Neoplasms ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Anomaly ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Hepatocellular carcinoma ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Trisomy ,business - Abstract
Background Splenopancreatic fusion is a rare anomaly that is often associated with trisomy 13. Its diagnosis can be important in patients scheduled to undergo distal pancreatectomy or splenectomy, to avoid possible intraoperative or postoperative complications. Case presentation An 82-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital for further evaluation and treatment for a solitary hepatocellular carcinoma based on liver cirrhosis. Triple-phase contrast-enhanced multidetector-row computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a splenopancreatic fusion as well as a solitary hepatocellular carcinoma in segment VIII of his liver. Conclusions Fusion of the pancreatic tail and spleen is a rare and asymptomatic anomaly. Its detection can be improved by the use of multidetector computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging.
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- 2017