Tomographic imaging of the spleen: the role of morphological and metabolic features in differentiating benign from malignant diseases |
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| Authors: | Pier Paolo Mainenti Delfina Iodice Immacolata Cozzolino Sabrina Segreto Sergio Capece Giacomo Sica Mario Magliulo Giuseppe Ciancia Leonardo Pace Marco Salvatore |
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| Affiliation: | IBB CNR, Napoli, Via Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy. |
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To evaluate the tomographic features in differentiating benign from malignant splenic diseases, 54 patients with a cytohistological examination and a contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (ce-MDCT) and/or positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) were retrospectively selected. Significant associations were observed between ce-MDCT Pattern 3 (focal hyperdense lesion) and Pattern 4 (infarcts/cysts) as well as PET/CT Pattern 3 (focal photopenia/diffuse uptake
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