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Imaging diagnosis proved challenging, with the definitive diagnosis being made through postoperative pathology, revealing no torsion in the affected accessory spleen. Following surgery combined with anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatment, the patient exhibited an uneventful recovery. No complications were observed at the 3-month follow-up. This case indicates the challenge and difficulty of diagnosing accessory splenic infarction without torsion in imaging diagnosis. Employing a multimodality approach and diffusion-weighted imaging may aid in confirming the diagnosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59040807","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,21]],"date-time":"2023-04-21T03:01:48Z","timestamp":1682046108000},"page":"807","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Radiologic Findings of Single Accessory Splenic Infarction in a Patient with Accessory Spleens in the Abdominal Cavity: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-5777-9738","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nan","family":"Xu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ultrasonography, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yingchen","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiang","family":"Zhu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ultrasonography, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"757","DOI":"10.1002\/ca.21146","article-title":"Accessory spleens at autopsy","volume":"24","author":"Uysal","year":"2011","journal-title":"Clin. 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