Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen: report of a case with emphasis on contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings

Hitoshi Yagisawa; Hideaki Ishida; Tomoya Komatsuda; Kayoko Furukawa; Mamiko Yamada; Hideo Ohno; Hitoshi Kotanagi; Takaharu Miyauchi

doi:10.1007/s10396-006-0097-8

Inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen: report of a case with emphasis on contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings

J Med Ultrason (2001). 2006 Sep;33(3):177-80. doi: 10.1007/s10396-006-0097-8.

Authors

Hitoshi Yagisawa¹, Hideaki Ishida², Tomoya Komatsuda², Kayoko Furukawa², Mamiko Yamada², Hideo Ohno², Hitoshi Kotanagi³, Takaharu Miyauchi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan. tbe01241@nifty.com.
² Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Akita Red Cross Hospital, 222-1 Inashirozawa, Saruta Kamikitade, Akita, 010-1495, Japan.
³ Department of Surgery, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Akita Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan.

PMID: 27277856
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-006-0097-8

Abstract

Splenic inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare pathology, and the literature stresses the difficulty of preoperative diagnosis. There are no previous reports of contrast-enhanced ultrasound findings for this tumor in the literature. Our case appears to be the first to be examined using this technique. In our case, contrast-enhanced ultrasound showed the mass to be homogeneously and less enhanced than the surrounding parenchyma in all phases, and it included fine enhanced spots. We also briefly review the literature.

Keywords: contrast-enhanced sonography; pseudotumor; spleen; ultrasound.