TY - JOUR
T1 - Blunt trauma of the spleen
T2 - The delayed rupture in computed tomography
AU - Boioli, F.
AU - Gattoni, F.
AU - Tagliaferri, B.
AU - Ceriani, G.
AU - Pozzato, C.
AU - Spagnoli, I.
AU - Potepan, P.
AU - Uslenghi, C.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - We retrospectively reviewed CT scans of 18 patients (12 males and 6 females; mean age: 43.6 years) with the diagnosis of blunt splenic trauma. All patients underwent CT at different times after the trauma. The cases were divided into 2 groups: according to the time at which the CT was perfomed, the 1st group consisted of 11 patients scanned within 48 h after the trauma; the 2nd group consisted of 7 patients studied with CT at variable times after the traumatic event (mean time: 6.5 days; range 3-13 days). All lesions in the 1st group (11 patients) had indistinct margins, while lesions of patients in the 2nd group (7 patients) always showed clean-cut and regular edges. Early lesions were always hyperdense, late ones hypodense. CT diagnosis always matched the surgeon's diagnosis . We can confirm the diagnostic value of CT of splenic lesions in blunt abdominal traumas.
AB - We retrospectively reviewed CT scans of 18 patients (12 males and 6 females; mean age: 43.6 years) with the diagnosis of blunt splenic trauma. All patients underwent CT at different times after the trauma. The cases were divided into 2 groups: according to the time at which the CT was perfomed, the 1st group consisted of 11 patients scanned within 48 h after the trauma; the 2nd group consisted of 7 patients studied with CT at variable times after the traumatic event (mean time: 6.5 days; range 3-13 days). All lesions in the 1st group (11 patients) had indistinct margins, while lesions of patients in the 2nd group (7 patients) always showed clean-cut and regular edges. Early lesions were always hyperdense, late ones hypodense. CT diagnosis always matched the surgeon's diagnosis . We can confirm the diagnostic value of CT of splenic lesions in blunt abdominal traumas.
KW - blunt trauma
KW - computerized tomography
KW - delayed splenic rupture
KW - radiodiagnosis
KW - spleen
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M3 - Article
C2 - 7987064
AN - SCOPUS:0028136226
VL - 61
SP - 210
EP - 215
JO - Bildgebung = Imaging
JF - Bildgebung = Imaging
SN - 1012-5655
IS - 3
ER -