title: [Contribution of ultrasonography in focal lesions of the spleen. Apropos of 38 cases].
abstract: Focal lesions of the spleen are due to multiple causes dominated by malignant lymphoma. The authors study the contribution of sonography in the diagnosis and etiology of these lesions based on a retrospective study of 38 cases, over an eight-year period. Hematological malignancies splenic metastases and splenic hydatid disease are the commonest lesions in this series. Sonography provides an etiologic diagnosis in the presence of highly suggestive features (hydatic cyst, hematomas) without requiring other investigations. The needle biopsy is necessary for any hypoechoic lesion, suggestive of a malignant etiology. CT is essential when a hemangioma is suspected.
authors.affiliation: Service central de radiologie, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ousehal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdelouafi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kadiri
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Apport de l'échographie dans les lésions circonscrites de la rate. A propos de trente-huit cas.