‘Zebra spleen’: a normal incidental finding
Keywords:
alternating bands, enhancement, intraperitoneal organ, red pulp, white pulpAbstract
The term ‘zebra spleen’ is used in radiology to describe alternating stripes of enhancement of the spleen. Examples of unenhanced and enhanced CT images are presented, in particular those that show a pattern that resemble the stripes on a zebra. This is a normal finding.
Lay abstract
When dye is injected into a person during a computed tomography examination of the abdomen there is a pattern that briefly appears in the spleen that looks like the stripes on a zebra. It is a normal pattern.
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2020-11-16
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