Computed tomography of the spleen.

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) has proved to be valuable in the diagnosis of a wide variety of congenital, inflammatory, traumatic, and neoplastic lesions of the spleen, in addition to identifying certain normal variants which may present problems. A comprehensive review of the CT characteristics of splenic lesions and variants is provided, and CT is compared with other imaging modalities, principally radionuclide imaging.