Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen: report of a case with emphasis on contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings.
Splenic inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare pathology, and the literature stresses the difficulty of preoperative diagnosis. There are no previous reports of contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings for this tumor in the literature. Our case appears to be the first to be examined using this technique. In our case, contrast-enhanced ultrasound showed the mass to be homogeneously and less enhanced than the surrounding parenchyma in all phases, and it included fine enhanced spots. We also briefly review the literature.
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan. tbe01241@nifty.com.
Hitoshi
H
Yagisawa
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Hideaki
H
Ishida
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Tomoya
T
Komatsuda
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Kayoko
K
Furukawa
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Mamiko
M
Yamada
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Hideo
H
Ohno
Department of Surgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Hitoshi
H
Kotanagi
Department of Radiology, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Takaharu
T
Miyauchi
contrast-enhanced sonography; pseudotumor; spleen; ultrasound