Items tagged “spleen”

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Splenic cyst

Splenic epithelial cysts, also known as splenic epidermoid cysts or primary splenic cysts, are unilocular fluid lesions with thin and smooth walls and no enhancement. They represent ~20% of cysts found in the spleen, and are usually an innocuous incidental imaging finding. Note that most (~80%)...
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Hydatid of the spleen

  Diagnosis probable
Frank Gaillard
Published 26 May 2008
58% complete
X-ray CT
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Gaucher disease - massive splenomegaly

  Diagnosis probable
Michael Sargent
Published 05 Apr 2009
50% complete
MRI
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Increased splenic density

Increased splenic density can be due to a number of processes. The density may be due to calcification (most common) or other compounds (iron, Thorotrast), and can be seen (often incidentally) on abdominal radiographs and CT. On CT the usual splenic attenuation is 35-55 HU or ~10 HU 6 lower than...
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Splenunculus

  Diagnosis certain
Natalie Yang
Published 14 Aug 2009
65% complete
CT
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Splenunculus

Splenunculi, also known as supernumerary spleens, accessory spleens, or splenules, are small nodules of spleen that are separate from the rest of the organ.  Epidemiology They are common, seen in up to 16% of CTs of the abdomen and up to 30% of autopsies 2.  Pathology Accessory spleens are c...
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Splenosis

Splenosis is one type of ectopic splenic tissue (the other being accessory spleen). It is an acquired condition and is defined as autoimplantation of one or more focal deposits of splenic tissue in various compartments of the body. Pathology Etiology Abdominal splenosis is seen after abdomina...
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SMA thromboembolism and splenic infarcts

  Diagnosis certain
Natalie Yang
Published 03 Sep 2009
74% complete
CT
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Inguinal node metastasis and wandering spleen

  Diagnosis certain
Natalie Yang
Published 14 Sep 2009
92% complete
CT
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Sickle cell disease

  Diagnosis almost certain
Gagandeep Singh
Published 24 Nov 2009
53% complete
CT
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Autosplenectomy

Autosplenectomy denotes spontaneous infarction of the spleen with resulting hyposplenism. Epidemiology Autosplenectomy is most frequently encountered in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease, although it has also been reported in pneumococcal septicemia 1, and systemic lupus erythematos...
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Splenic lesions and anomalies

There are a number of splenic lesions and anomalies: Gamuts hypervascular splenic lesions Congenital anomalies accessory spleen wandering spleen asplenia polysplenia bipartite spleen splenogonadal fusion retrorenal spleen Mass lesions Benign mass lesions splenic cyst splenic pseudo...
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Miliary tuberculosis (pathology)

  Diagnosis certain
Yale Rosen
Published 18 Feb 2010
68% complete
Pathology
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Spleen - normal arterial enhancement

  Diagnosis not applicable
Frank Gaillard
Published 05 Apr 2010
53% complete
CT
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Seurat spleen - blunt splenic trauma

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 10 Apr 2010
91% complete
DSA (angiography) Annotated image
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Seurat spleen

Seurat spleen is an angiographic appearance seen following blunt trauma to the spleen. Multiple small punctate regions of intraparenchymal contrast extravasation lead to a spotted appearance. Pathology Several mechanisms are thought to to attribute to this appearance which include sinusoidal s...
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Splenic arterial aneurysm

  Diagnosis almost certain
Maulik S Patel
Published 01 Jun 2010
63% complete
Ultrasound
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Splenic hemangioma

  Diagnosis probable
Hani Makky Al Salam
Published 25 Jun 2010
67% complete
Ultrasound CT
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Sickle cell disease

  Diagnosis certain
Andrew Dixon
Published 05 Aug 2010
85% complete
Ultrasound
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Hydatid cyst of the spleen

  Diagnosis almost certain
Dr Ruslan Asadov
Published 28 Aug 2010
62% complete
CT

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