TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving diagnosis of atraumatic splenic lesions, Part III
T2 - Malignant lesions
AU - Ricci, Zina J.
AU - Kaul, Bindu
AU - Stein, Marjorie W.
AU - Chernyak, Victoria
AU - Rozenblit, Alla
AU - Oh, Sarah K.
AU - Flusberg, Milana
AU - Mazzariol, Fernanda A.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Focal atraumatic splenic lesions often pose a diagnostic challenge on cross-sectional imaging. They can be categorized based on etiology, as nonneoplastic, benign neoplastic, and malignant neoplastic (discussed in Part III) lesions, or on prevalence, as common, uncommon, and rare lesions. 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 the lesions, can improve diagnostic confidence. Consideration of these factors together can arm the radiologist with the necessary tools to render a more confident diagnosis and thus better aid management.
AB - Focal atraumatic splenic lesions often pose a diagnostic challenge on cross-sectional imaging. They can be categorized based on etiology, as nonneoplastic, benign neoplastic, and malignant neoplastic (discussed in Part III) lesions, or on prevalence, as common, uncommon, and rare lesions. 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 the lesions, can improve diagnostic confidence. Consideration of these factors together can arm the radiologist with the necessary tools to render a more confident diagnosis and thus better aid management.
KW - CT scan
KW - Malignant splenic lesions
KW - Management algorithm
KW - MRI
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.02.015
DO - 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.02.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 27179158
AN - SCOPUS:84966393456
VL - 40
SP - 846
EP - 855
JO - Clinical Imaging
JF - Clinical Imaging
SN - 0899-7071
IS - 5
ER -