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Echogenic splenic lesions in a child with type B Niemann–Pick disease
Author(s) -
Adin Mehmet Emin,
Önder Hakan,
Alabalık Ulaş
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22009
Subject(s) - medicine , echogenicity , spleen , pathology , parenchyma , color doppler , niemann–pick disease , ultrasound , ultrasonography , disease , radiology
We report the case of a 15‐year‐old boy with Niemann–Pick disease type B with characteristic sonographic findings of splenic involvement. There were multiple well‐defined echogenic nodular lesions within the spleen parenchyma, and these lesions were surrounded by ring‐like blood flow on color Doppler imaging. Most of the patients with Niemann–Pick disease type B are children and they undergo repeated imaging studies. Therefore, familiarity with sonographic findings of the disease is required. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 41 :32–34, 2013