Clinical and morphological description of a case of an intrapancreatic accessory spleen

Intrapancreatic accessory spleen is very rare and can imitate a solid malignant tumor. as a rule, surgeons confuse it with a neuroendocrine tumor, and therefore always resect it, but it does not pose any danger to health. 

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