title: A case of sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen: correlations between contrast-enhanced ultrasonography and histopathologic findings.
abstract: Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation (SANT) is a recently recognized benign vascular lesion of the spleen. Detection of SANT as an incidentaloma has increased due to improvements in imaging techniques. However, a definitive diagnosis of SANT on CT or MRI remains difficult. We report the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography with Sonazoid in a case of SANT in a 50-year-old woman, with gross and microscopic pathologic correlations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Toho University Medical Center, Omori Hospital, 6-11-1, Omorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Kazue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiozawa
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikehara
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanayama
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Youichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Yasukiyo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sumino
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008875:Middle Aged; D010087:Oxides; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D010087:Oxides; C069727:Sonazoid; D007501:Iron
keywords: contrast-enhanced ultrasonography; sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation; sonazoid; spleen; ultrasound