Healing in the traumatized spleen: sonographic investigation
| Autor: | C Lupien, E E Sauerbrei |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Pleural effusion Scar tissue Spleen Hematoma medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Child Aged Ultrasonography Wound Healing business.industry Echogenicity Middle Aged medicine.disease Complete resolution Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Abdominal trauma Female Radiology business Wound healing |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 151:181-185 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/radiology.151.1.6701312 |
| Popis: | In 16 patients with abdominal trauma, ultrasonic abnormalities of the spleen were demonstrated shortly after trauma (mean 3.7 days). Initial sonographic abnormalities included: splenic laceration in 3 cases, intrasplenic fluid (hematoma) in 4, splenic inhomogeneity (contusion) in 8, perisplenic fluid (subcapsular hematoma) in 11, intraperitoneal fluid in 10, and a left pleural effusion in 7. Follow-up sonograms showed that pleural effusions and intraperitoneal fluid collections disappeared quickly (2 and 4 weeks, respectively). However, intrasplenic hematomas and contusions usually resorbed over a period of months (up to a year). When followed to complete resolution, the spleen may become normal sonographically or there may be small linear foci of echogenic material, which probably represent scar tissue. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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