Contrast-enhanced sonography for differential diagnosis of an inhomogeneous spleen of unknown cause in patients with pain in the left upper quadrant

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 729-734

  Görg, Christian ^a,b   Graef, Christine ^a   Bert, Tillmann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Onkologie der Phillipsuniversität   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Diffuse splenic texture; Sonography; Spleen

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHY (CES); FOCAL SPLENIC LESIONS; INHOMOGENEOUS SPLEEN; LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (LUQ);

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SONOVUE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE AUTOSPLENECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MACHINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN INFARCTION;

EID: 33744782858     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2006.25.6.729     Document Type: Article

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