Open AccessDiagnostic significance of ultrasonography in focal splenic lesions
Author(s) -
Dušan Hadnađev,
Mira Govorčin,
Sanja Stojanović,
Dijaićiforović,
Viktorija Vučaj,
Olivera Nikolić
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns0410501h
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , echogenicity , abdomen , spleen , ultrasonography , splenic infarction , ultrasound , immunology
The spleen is situated in the upper left abdominal cavity and spleen parenchyma has a homogenous appearance. For that reason changes in parenchymal echogenicity should be understood as pathological, since many splenic focal lesions appear as different changes in echostructure of spleen parenchyma.