title: Multimodal approach to diagnosis of hamartoma of the spleen.
abstract: Splenic hamartoma is a benign, primary neoplasm which usually causes a mass in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. If radionuclide studies show a space-occupying lesion in the spleen that appears solid on the ultrasonogram, and selective abdominal arteriography reveals a richly vascular splenic tumor, hamartoma of the spleen should be the preoperative diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium
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