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Learning Abdominal Imaging pp 79–104Cite as

Spleen

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A 59-year-old woman, who presents nonspecific abdominal discomfort of long duration, is derived for abdominal CT.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. MRI Section, Clinica Las Nieves Sercosa, Jaén, Spain

    Teodoro Martín Noguerol

  2. Radiology Department, Hospital Clínico, Málaga, Spain

    Guadalupe Garrido

  3. Health Time Group and MRI Section, Clinica Las Nieves Sercosa, Jaén, Spain

    Antonio Luna

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  1. Teodoro Martín Noguerol
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  1. Sercosa, Clinica Las Nieves, Carmelo Torres 2, Jaén, 23007, Spain

    Antonio Luna

  2. Dept. Magnetic Resonance, Clinica Girona, Lorenzana 36, Gerona, 17002, Spain

    Joan C. Vilanova

  3. Dept. Radiology, Bolwell B124, Case Western Reserve University, Euclid Ave. 11100, Cleveland, 44106, Ohio, USA

    Pablo R. Ros

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Noguerol, T.M., Garrido, G., Luna, A. (2012). Spleen. In: Luna, A., Vilanova, J., Ros, P. (eds) Learning Abdominal Imaging. Learning Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88003-5_4

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