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Splenic marginal zone lymphoma CT
Introduction
Overview
Overview
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis and estimating the extent of tumor spread in splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL).
CT Scan
CT Scan
- CT abdomen may play an important part in diagnosis and understanding the extent of tumor spread.[1][2]
Findings on CT scan suggestive of splenic marginal zone lymphoma(SMZL) include:
Gallery
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![Massive enlargement of the spleen with slightly inhomogeneous parenchymal enhancement. Multiple enlarged lymph nodes around the coeliac trunk, the hepatoduodenal ligament and the inferior vena cava.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/images/c/c4/Splenic_marginal_zone_lymphoma_CT.jpg)
Massive enlargement of the spleen with slightly inhomogeneous parenchymal enhancement. Multiple enlarged lymph nodes around the coeliac trunk, the hepatoduodenal ligament and the inferior vena cava.[3]
![Massive enlargement of the spleen with slightly inhomogeneous parenchymal enhancement. Multiple enlarged lymph nodes around the coeliac trunk, the hepatoduodenal ligament and the inferior vena cava.[3]](https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/File%3ASplenic_marginal_zone_lymphoma_CT.jpg)
References
References
- ↑ Carr JA (March 2012). “Splenic marginal zone lymphoma masquerading as cirrhotic hypersplenism for seven years”. Can. J. Gastroenterol. 26 (3): 123–4. PMC 3299233. PMID 22462122.
- ↑ Ratnayake S, Ammar A, Rezvani R, Petersen G (2015). “Splenic Marginal Zone Lymphoma in the Setting of Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension”. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 3 (4): 2324709615609385. doi:10.1177/2324709615609385. PMC 4748510. PMID 26904707.
- ↑ Image courtesy of Dr. Roberto Schubert Radiopaedia(original file ‘’here’’). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
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