title: Contrast-enhanced sonography of the spleen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Combined use of low-mechanical-index technologies and non-air-filled contrast media allows real-time sonographic assessment of the spleen. This pictorial essay focuses on several aspects of contrast-enhanced sonography of the spleen, including examination technique, clinical indications, normal findings obtained through all vascular phases, abnormal findings (splenomegaly, infarction, abscess, benign tumors, lymphoma, metastasis, injuries, and accessory spleen), limitations, and pitfalls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Real-time, contrast-enhanced sonography is a novel technique allowing depiction of a wide range of splenic abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, S. Maria delle Grazie Hospital, Via Domitiana Località La Schiana, Pozzuoli (Na) I-80078, Italy.
authors.forename: Orlando
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sandomenico
authors.forename: Iolanda
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matarazzo
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siani
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media