Review Article

The Spleen Revisited: An Overview on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Figure 6

Splenic abscess. Axial T2wi SSFSE with fat suppression (a) and postcontrast axial T1wi 3D-GRE with fat suppression in the venous (b) phase. A large subcapsular splenic abscess is depicted. This lesion is marked hyperintense on T2wi and hypointense on T1wi with irregular margin. Note the faint enhancement of the splenic capsule (arrows, (b)).
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