Splenopancreatic fusion is an uncommon finding, usually only seen as part of the splenopancreatic field abnormality associated with trisomy 13. It may present itself either as ectopic splenic tissue in the cauda pancreatis, as ectopic pancreatic tissue in the spleen or accessory spleen, or as fusion of the cauda pancreatis and splenic hilum. In this study, we report four unrelated congenital anomaly cases presenting trisomy 21, osteocraniostenosis syndrome, isolated congenital heart defect, and oligohydramnios sequence due to prune belly syndrome, in which fusion was observed.
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