Computed tomography and ultrasound findings of a gas-containing splenic abscess

Yale J Biol Med. 1980 Mar-Apr;53(2):161-3.

Abstract

A patient with an intrasplenic abscess diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound is presented. The characteristic findings of a gas-containing abscess, namely, a low density mass on CT coupled with an echo-free lesion associated with distal acoustical shadowing, are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Gases
  • Humans
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Gases