title: Recognition of malposition of the liver and spleen: CT, MRI, nuclear scan and fluoroscopic imaging.
abstract: Thirteen children initially suspected to have an intrathoracic or intraabdominal mass had malposition of the liver and/or spleen discovered by ultrasound. This group consisted of five children with diaphragmatic eventration or hernia and eight with wandering spleen or liver. Careful ultrasonographic examinations were diagnostic in all patients; seven had surgical confirmation. CT, MRI, nuclear scan and fluoroscopic imaging were useful in select instances. The liver and spleen have a characteristic anatomic configuration and sonographic appearance that should enable them to be recognized, and pathological alterations appreciated, even when these organs are ectopic in location or malformed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Eggli
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed