title: Congenital anomalies of the spleen.
abstract: Various congenital anomalies may affect the spleen, starting with common anomalies, such as an accessory spleen, up to rare conditions such as a wandering spleen and polysplenia. Most of these anatomic variants have no clinical significance; they need, however, to be recognized by the radiologist as such. Awareness of these variants is important for the radiologist to interpret the findings correctly and avoid mistaking them for a clinically significant abnormality. In this review we illustrate the spectrum of congenital anomalies of the spleen and stress pitfalls and possible complications resulting from these anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zrifin, Israel. gayer@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gayer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hertz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zissin
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D050805:Wandering Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging