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Real-time, contrast-specific sonography imaging of acute splenic disorders: a pictorial review

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Real-time, contrast-specific ultrasonography (US) uses low-mechanical-index, harmonic software to stimulate echo emission from resounding second-generation contrast medium microbubbles. At our institution, contrast-enhanced US is increasingly being used in the evaluation of acute abnormalities of the spleen, mainly to overcome some limitations of conventional (basic) US. This pictorial essay illustrates the appearance of several acute splenic lesions, both traumatic and nontraumatic, on contrast-specific US.

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  2. Department of Radiology, S. Maria delle Grazie Hospital, Pozzuoli, Italy

    Orlando Catalano, Bianca Cusati & Alfredo Siani

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Catalano, O., Cusati, B., Nunziata, A. et al. Real-time, contrast-specific sonography imaging of acute splenic disorders: a pictorial review. Emerg Radiol 11, 15–21 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-004-0343-6

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