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Letter to the Editor: Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Masquerading as a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor

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Acknowledgments

Scott B. Reeder, MD, PHD is funded by the NIH under award numbers K24 DK102595 and R01 DK100651. Victoria Rendell, MD is funded by the NIH under award number F32 CA232352.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Victoria R. Rendell & Emily R. Winslow

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Matthias R. Mühler & Scott B. Reeder

  3. Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Scott B. Reeder

  4. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Scott B. Reeder

  5. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Scott B. Reeder

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ERW and SBR conceived of this letter to the editor. VRR composed the letter and, along with MRM, acquired and synthesized contributing references and prepared the figure. All authors revised the manuscript and gave final approval of the version to be published.

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Rendell, V.R., Mühler, M.R., Winslow, E.R. et al. Letter to the Editor: Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Masquerading as a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. J Gastrointest Surg 23, 1717–1718 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-019-04110-6

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