Grade 2 splenic injury

Case contributed by Marius I. Diaconescu , 15 Apr 2020
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Marius I. Diaconescu, 1 May 2020

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Diagnostic Certainty was set to .
Presentation was added:
Status post recent abdominal trauma, please assess.
Age was set to 30.
Share With Institution was set to .

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Moderate splenomegaly.

There is an ill-defined hypodense peripheral area along the superior lateral aspect of the spleen, consistent with a grade 2 AAST splenic injury.

There is no active contrast extravasation.

There is a tiny adjacent subcapsular splenic hematoma.   

Hematoma in the right thigh not completely visualized, with no active contrast extravasation.

Conclusion:

Grade 2 splenic injury. Small adjacent perisplenic hematoma.

Hematoma in the right thigh not completely visualized on this abdominal CT

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