title: Sonography of focal lesions of the spleen.
abstract: The sonographic appearances of benign and malignant splenic lesions in 154 patients are illustrated. Sixty-six of the 154 patients had malignant splenic lesions; 55 of these had malignant lymphoma and 11 had splenic metastatic lesions. The lesions were hypoechoic in 64 cases (97%), including all cases of malignant lymphoma, and were hyperechoic in two. Eighty-eight patients had benign splenic lesions; findings included cysts, infarcts, abscesses, hemangiomas, and calcifications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Phillipps-University, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goerg
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Schwerk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goerg
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D014463:Ultrasonography