TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving diagnosis of atraumatic splenic lesions, part I
T2 - Nonneoplastic lesions
AU - Ricci, Zina J.
AU - Oh, Sarah K.
AU - Chernyak, Victoria
AU - Flusberg, Milana
AU - Rozenblit, Alla M.
AU - Kaul, Bindu
AU - Stein, Marjorie W.
AU - Mazzariol, Fernanda S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - Focal atraumatic splenic lesions often pose a diagnostic challenge on cross-sectional imaging. They can be categorized based on etiology as nonneoplastic (reviewed in Part I), benign neoplastic, and malignant neoplastic lesions. Lesions can also be characterized based on prevalence as common, uncommon, and rare. Familiarity with pertinent clinical parameters, etiology, pathology, prevalence, and ancillary features such as splenomegaly, concomitant hepatic involvement, and extrasplenic findings, in addition to knowledge of imaging spectra of these lesions, can improve diagnostic confidence. Since the nonneoplastic lesions are usually easily recognized, it is critical that the radiologist identifies them avoiding unnecessary work up.
AB - Focal atraumatic splenic lesions often pose a diagnostic challenge on cross-sectional imaging. They can be categorized based on etiology as nonneoplastic (reviewed in Part I), benign neoplastic, and malignant neoplastic lesions. Lesions can also be characterized based on prevalence as common, uncommon, and rare. Familiarity with pertinent clinical parameters, etiology, pathology, prevalence, and ancillary features such as splenomegaly, concomitant hepatic involvement, and extrasplenic findings, in addition to knowledge of imaging spectra of these lesions, can improve diagnostic confidence. Since the nonneoplastic lesions are usually easily recognized, it is critical that the radiologist identifies them avoiding unnecessary work up.
KW - Benign splenic lesions
KW - CT scan
KW - Focal nonneoplastic splenic lesions
KW - MRI
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84963527526&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84963527526&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.01.012
DO - 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.01.012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27317223
AN - SCOPUS:84963527526
SN - 0899-7071
VL - 40
SP - 769
EP - 779
JO - Clinical Imaging
JF - Clinical Imaging
IS - 4
ER -