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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1595</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ACCESSORY SPLEEN - A CASE REPORT&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M.</surname><given-names>Pushpalatha</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M.</surname><given-names>Sujana</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>K.L</surname><given-names>Sharmada</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>15</day><month>11</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>121</fpage><lpage>122</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Accessory spleen is a common congenital anomaly. There are currently no endoscopic ultrasound criteria for the diagnosis or differentiation of this benign splenic anomaly from pathologic disorders including neoplasms. Accessory spleen and splenic lobulation can be misinterpreted as neoplasm by endoscopic ultrasound. Although homogenous, they can be hyperechoic or hypoechoic [1]. Accessory spleen has been known to rupture [2].&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Endoscopic ultrasound</kwd><kwd> neoplasms</kwd><kwd> pathologic disorders.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
