Acute Nontraumatic Imaging in the Liver and Spleen

  • Dale E. HansenIII
  • Sridhar Shankar
  • Ajay Singh
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Abstract

Each year, more than 120 million patients visit the emergency room in the USA. The single most common cause of presentation in the emergency room patient is abdominal pain. Our job as radiologists is to help pinpoint a diagnosis and triage patients in the right direction. The following review covers acute nontraumatic disease processes of the liver and spleen.

Keywords

Acute Hepatitis Hydatid Cyst Portal Vein Thrombosis Gallbladder Wall Splenic Infarction 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Dale E. HansenIII
    • 1
  • Sridhar Shankar
    • 1
  • Ajay Singh
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of RadiologyUniversity of TennesseeMemphisUSA
  2. 2.Department of RadiologyMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolBostonUSA

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