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Transverse Doppler image showing heterogeneously hypoechoic echotexture of the spleen with no internal vascularity.
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It showed absence of internal vascularity on colour Doppler imaging (Figure 1).
CT surview image showing absence of the splenic shadow in the left upper abdomen (arrow) and a vague soft tissue opacity in the left mid abdomen (arrowheads).
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A vague soft tissue opacity was noticed in the left mid abdomen which represented the abnormally located spleen (Figure 2).
Axial non-contrast CT of the abdomen showing a whorled splenic pedicle with a hyperdense vessel (arrow).
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Non-contrast images showed the typical findings of an abnormally located spleen, with a hyperdense splenic pedicle (Figure 3).
Axial contrast-enhanced CT image showing the lack of parenchymal enhancement in the spleen (arrows).
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On post-contrast images there was a lack of parenchymal enhancement in the spleen (Figures 4, 5).
Oblique coronal (A) and sagittal MPR image (B) of contrast-enhanced CT showing the abnormal location of the spleen with no parenchymal enhancement (arrows).
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On post-contrast images there was a lack of parenchymal enhancement in the spleen (Figures 4, 5).