Sonography of the spleen

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1281-1293

  Benter, Thomas ^a   Klühs, Lothar ^b   Teichgräber, Ulf ^c,d  

^a Asklepios Klinikum Uckermark   (Germany)

^b Helios Kliniken Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced sonography; Cyst; Differential diagnosis; Infection; Lymphoma; Metastases; Neoplasm; Normal anatomy; Spleen; Splenic biopsy; Splenic lesions; Trauma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED SONOGRAPHIES; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; METASTASES; NEOPLASM; NORMAL ANATOMY; SPLEEN; SPLENIC LESIONS; TRAUMA;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SPLEEN; SPLEEN DISEASE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 80052464794     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.9.1281     Document Type: Review

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