CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay

Nonsurgical management has become the standard care for hemodynamically stable patients with splenic injury from blunt abdominal trauma. To attempt nonsurgical management, it is important to identify and characterize not only the splenic injury but also the concurrent injury to solid viscera, bowel...

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Main Authors:	Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Mohd Ralib, Ahmad Rashid, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran, Sa'at@yusof, Azlin, Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/1/2010_COR_e_Poster_Blunt_Splenic_Injury.pdf

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spelling	iium-21402013-04-27T07:55:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/ CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay Hassan, Radhiana Abd. Aziz, Azian Mohd Ralib, Ahmad Rashid Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Sa'at@yusof, Azlin Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Nonsurgical management has become the standard care for hemodynamically stable patients with splenic injury from blunt abdominal trauma. To attempt nonsurgical management, it is important to identify and characterize not only the splenic injury but also the concurrent injury to solid viscera, bowel and mesentry, or retroperitoneum that may require surgery. The ability of multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) to obtain high resolution images has made MDCT the primary imaging modality for the evaluation of these patients. The CT features of splenic injury include lacerations, subcapsular or parenchymal hematomas, active hemorrhage and vascular injuries. A variety of CT grading systems have been proposed to grade splenic injury following trauma. Radiologists should be familiar with the splenic injury grading system to facilitate communication with the managing surgical team and for research purposes. In Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan, Pahang, from January 2008 to December 2009 there were 42 cases of splenic injuries out of 154 cases of blunt abdominal trauma, which underwent CT assessment. We reviewed all 42 cases of splenic injury and illustrated the spectrum of CT findings based on American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) classification. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/1/2010_COR_e_Poster_Blunt_Splenic_Injury.pdf Hassan, Radhiana and Abd. Aziz, Azian and Mohd Ralib, Ahmad Rashid and Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran and Sa'at@yusof, Azlin and Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah (2010) CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay. In: 2010 Annual Scientific Meeting College of Radiology Malaysia, 11-12 April 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished) http://www.radiologymalaysia.org/
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spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RC Internal medicine Hassan, Radhiana Abd. Aziz, Azian Mohd Ralib, Ahmad Rashid Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Sa'at@yusof, Azlin Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay
description	Nonsurgical management has become the standard care for hemodynamically stable patients with splenic injury from blunt abdominal trauma. To attempt nonsurgical management, it is important to identify and characterize not only the splenic injury but also the concurrent injury to solid viscera, bowel and mesentry, or retroperitoneum that may require surgery. The ability of multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) to obtain high resolution images has made MDCT the primary imaging modality for the evaluation of these patients. The CT features of splenic injury include lacerations, subcapsular or parenchymal hematomas, active hemorrhage and vascular injuries. A variety of CT grading systems have been proposed to grade splenic injury following trauma. Radiologists should be familiar with the splenic injury grading system to facilitate communication with the managing surgical team and for research purposes. In Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan, Pahang, from January 2008 to December 2009 there were 42 cases of splenic injuries out of 154 cases of blunt abdominal trauma, which underwent CT assessment. We reviewed all 42 cases of splenic injury and illustrated the spectrum of CT findings based on American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) classification.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Hassan, Radhiana Abd. Aziz, Azian Mohd Ralib, Ahmad Rashid Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Sa'at@yusof, Azlin Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah
author_facet	Hassan, Radhiana Abd. Aziz, Azian Mohd Ralib, Ahmad Rashid Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran Sa'at@yusof, Azlin Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah
author_sort	Hassan, Radhiana
title	CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay
title_short	CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay
title_full	CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay
title_fullStr	CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay
title_full_unstemmed	CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay
title_sort	ct imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2140/1/2010_COR_e_Poster_Blunt_Splenic_Injury.pdf
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CT imaging of blunt splenic injury: a pictorial essay

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