Pancreatic Splenosis demonstrated by Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography

Patrick James Rogers (1) , M.P. Williams (1) , Rashika Fernando (1) , Simon Freeman (1)

1 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

Pancreatic splenosis is a very rare condition whose features on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) have not, to our knowledge, been previously reported. We present the imaging findings in a case of pancreatic splenosis where a confident diagnosis was achieved with the use of CEUS and confirmed by a labeled heat denatured red cell scan. Accumulation of ultrasound contrast microbubbles in splenic tissue can be readily visualized on late-phase CEUS and this technique has already been used to confirm the nature of intrapancreatic accessory spleens. This case shows that it can also confirm the diagnosis of splenosis.

Mots clés: Medicine

Patrick James Rogers, M.P. Williams, Rashika Fernando, Simon Freeman. Pancreatic Splenosis demonstrated by Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 2011, 39 (6), pp.348. ⟨10.1002/jcu.20823⟩. ⟨hal-00638142⟩