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Case #6

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Demographics: 51 years old, Female
Indication: Left upper quadrant pain

Case #6

Findings

Lower chest

  • Mild four chamber cardiomegaly

Abdomen/Pelvis

  • Wedge-shaped area of hypoattenuation in the superior aspect of the spleen
  • Parenchymal volume loss and cortical scarring of the upper pole and interpolar regions of the right kidney
  • Hysterectomy

MSK

  • No acute findings
  • Multilevel degenerative changes of the spine
  • Bilateral L5 pars defects with grade 1 anterolisthesis of L5 on S1

Diagnosis

Splenic infarct

Sample Report

No acute findings to explain left upper quadrant pain.

Remote appearing splenic infarct.

Discussion

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References

  • Karlo CA, Stolzmann P, Do RK, Alkadhi H. Computed tomography of the spleen: how to interpret the hypodense lesion. Insights Imaging 2012; 4(1): 65-76.

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