Isolated splenic granuloma: report of a case with an emphasis on ultrasound findings.
There is a marked paucity of reports on contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (US) for focal splenic disease in the literature, and there are no previously reported contrast-enhanced US findings for splenic granuloma. We report the case of a 77-year-old cirrhotic woman with isolated splenic granulomas. We detail the diagnostic difficulty encountered in this case and briefly review the literature.
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan. youme-k@archosp-1998.com.
Yumi
Y
Katsuura
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Hideaki
H
Ishida
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Tomoya
T
Komatsuda
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Kayoko
K
Furukawa
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Hitoshi
H
Yagisawa
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Mamiko
M
Yamada
Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
Hideo
H
Ohno
Department of Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Hitoshi
H
Kotanagi
Department of Radiology, Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
Tomoharu
T
Miyauchi
computed tomography; contrast-enhanced sonography; granuloma; spleen; ultrasound