Characterization of non traumatic splenic and parasplenic lesions by contrast enhanced ultrasound

Introduction: This report is a retrospective comparison between Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) and CT findings in splenic and para-splenic lesions. Materials and methods: We assessed the US patterns of splenic lesions by 4 US patterns: hypoechoic, hisoechoic, hyperecoic and anechoic. CEUS was performed using a volume of 2.4ml contrast medium. We identified the CEUS pattern of splenic cysts, malignancy, abscesses, ischemic lesions, hamartoma, angioma, accessory spleen and reactive parasplenic lymph-nodes. Results: We detected focal splenic and perisplenic lesions (4 anechoic, 8 hypoechoic, 15 hisoechoic and…