title: Imaging findings of splenic emergencies: a pictorial review.
abstract: Although traumatic injuries are the cause of common splenic emergencies in the emergency room, various nontraumatic conditions may also affect the spleen with possible life-threatening results. In this pictorial review, we present imaging findings of usual and unusual splenic emergencies. It is essential to be familiar with key imaging findings and advantages of different modalities to reach a definitive diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  • Delayed splenic rupture is commonly related to subcapsular hematoma. • Subtle haemorrhage is commonly restricted to the site of injury "sentinel clot sign". • The whorled appearance is the key imaging feature of splenic torsion.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 06100. emreunal.rad@gmail.com.|Department of Radiology, Zonguldak Ataturk State Hospital, Zonguldak, Turkey, 67000. emreunal.rad@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
authors.forename: Mehmet R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Onur
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akpinar
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
authors.forename: Javid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahmadov
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
authors.forename: Musturay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karcaaltincaba
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
authors.forename: Mustafa N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 06100.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Akata
keywords: Emergency; Sequestration; Spleen; Torsion; Trauma