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From: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound performed under urgent conditions. Indications, review of the technique, clinical examples and limitations

Fig. 2

A 79-year-old woman who fell from a height. Baseline US shows perihepatic and right pleural effusion (a) as well as splenic inhomogeneity and small left pleural effusion (b). CEUS (right part of c) reveals a splenic contusion located in the middle and lower part, parallel to the organ’s axis (arrow). The upper part of the spleen, although appearing hypoechoic on baseline US (double arrows) is intact on CEUS, showing normal enhancement. Contrast-enhanced CT confirms splenic contusion, the shape and size of which correlate very well with CEUS (arrow in d). Perihepatic fluid is also noted

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