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Evolution of the CT imaging findings of accessory spleen infarction.

Mendi R, Abramson LP, Pillai SB, Rigsby CK

Department of Medical Imaging, Children’s Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children’s Plaza, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA.

We report the case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with multiple episodes of left upper-quadrant pain caused by torsion of an accessory spleen.We present the CT findings of progression of accessory spleen infarction over the course of 7 days.

Published 11 January 2007 in Pediatr Radiol, 36(12): 1319-1322.
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