title: Iatrogenic injury to the spleen-CT appearance.
abstract: Splenic injury is a well-known but rare complication of various abdominal surgical and invasive procedures, and even of cardiac surgery. The true incidence of iatrogenic splenic trauma is, however, difficult to assess and is probably underestimated. Overt injuries diagnosed during surgery are usually immediately treated by splenectomy without imaging. This review focuses on missed splenic injuries that are diagnosed on imaging following surgery or an invasive procedure.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
authors: Maya
authors: M
authors: Galperin-Aizenberg
authors: Arye
authors: A
authors: Blachar
authors: Gabriela
authors: G
authors: Gayer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D012307:Risk Factors; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*