title: Computed tomography of the spleen.
abstract: Computed tomography (CT) has proved to be valuable in the diagnosis of a wide variety of congenital, inflammatory, traumatic, and neoplastic lesions of the spleen, in addition to identifying certain normal variants which may present problems. A comprehensive review of the CT characteristics of splenic lesions and variants is provided, and CT is compared with other imaging modalities, principally radionuclide imaging.
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed