Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injury
We present a 14-year-old boy with a grade III splenic injury due to a bicycle accident, who was treated conservatively. The boy’s medical history included splenomegaly due to thalassemia. The splenic lesion was initially investigated with computed tomography (CT) and then, was followed by ultrasonog...
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| author | Vasileios Rafailidis Dimitrios Apostolou Christodoulos Kaitartzis Dimitrios Rafailidis |
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| description | We present a 14-year-old boy with a grade III splenic injury due to a bicycle accident, who was treated conservatively. The boy’s medical history included splenomegaly due to thalassemia. The splenic lesion was initially investigated with computed tomography (CT) and then, was followed by ultrasonography for 3 months. CT revealed a large intraparenchymal hematoma which appeared hyperechoic on ultrasonography. During follow-up, the hematoma developed a more complex echogenicity and became gradually hypoechoic. The hematoma increased in size during the first week but then, started decreasing until it eventually resolved completely. The patient had an uneventful full recovery. In this report, we discuss the ultrasonographic changes of the hematoma throughout the healing process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d39ef7b98b2417b95b06b1656b148b92022-12-22T03:32:23ZengKorean Society of Ultrasound in MedicineUltrasonography2288-59192288-59432015-07-0134322623010.14366/usg.1405770Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injuryVasileios Rafailidis0Dimitrios Apostolou1Christodoulos Kaitartzis2Dimitrios Rafailidis3 Postgraduate Programme in Medical Research Methodology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Radiology, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Radiology, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece Department of Radiology, G. Gennimatas Hospital, Thessaloniki, GreeceWe present a 14-year-old boy with a grade III splenic injury due to a bicycle accident, who was treated conservatively. The boy’s medical history included splenomegaly due to thalassemia. The splenic lesion was initially investigated with computed tomography (CT) and then, was followed by ultrasonography for 3 months. CT revealed a large intraparenchymal hematoma which appeared hyperechoic on ultrasonography. During follow-up, the hematoma developed a more complex echogenicity and became gradually hypoechoic. The hematoma increased in size during the first week but then, started decreasing until it eventually resolved completely. The patient had an uneventful full recovery. In this report, we discuss the ultrasonographic changes of the hematoma throughout the healing process.http://www.e-ultrasonography.org/upload/usg-14057.pdfSpleenHematomaUltrasonography |
| spellingShingle | Vasileios Rafailidis Dimitrios Apostolou Christodoulos Kaitartzis Dimitrios Rafailidis Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injury Ultrasonography Spleen Hematoma Ultrasonography |
| title | Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injury |
| title_full | Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injury |
| title_fullStr | Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injury |
| title_short | Ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3-month follow-up after a splenic injury |
| title_sort | ultrasonography of the healing process during a 3 month follow up after a splenic injury |
| topic | Spleen Hematoma Ultrasonography |
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