Asplenia echocardiography and ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]

An Echo may be helpful in the diagnosis of asplenia with complex cardiac anomalies. An ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of asplenia.

• An Echo may be helpful in the diagnosis of asplenia with complex cardiac anomalies. Findings on an Echo includes:^{[1] [2]}
  • Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
  • Right atrial isomerism
  • Atrioventricular septal defect
  • Transposition of great arteries
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Mesocardia
  • single ventricle
  • large patent ductus arteriosus with left to right shunt.

• An ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of asplenia, ultrasound may indicate:^[3]
• absence of spleen.