Splenic calcification
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Splenic calcifications can occur isin various shapes and forms and can occur from a myriad of aetiological factors.
The usual calcification observed in radiographs are the multiple, miliary form presenting numerous small rounded densities averaging from three to five millimeters in diameter where are thought to be often caused by phleboliths.
Other associations include:
- diffuse calcifications
- systemic lupus erythematosus: rare 1
- splenic granulomatous disease 6
- splenic amyloidosis 4,5
- splenic candidiasis 7
- splenic non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection 9
- infection with
PneumocysticPneumocystis jiroveci 7 - related to sickle cell disease 7
- following treatment of lymphoma: Hodgkin disease 3
- cat scratch disease: rare 8
- hepatosplenic anthrasilicosis: rare 2
- calcified splenic lesions
-<p><strong>Splenic calcifications</strong> can occur is various shapes and forms and can occur from a myriad of aetiological factors.</p><p>The usual calcification observed in radiographs are the multiple, miliary form presenting numerous small rounded densities averaging from three to five millimeters in diameter where are thought to be often caused by <a href="/articles/phleboliths">phleboliths</a>.</p><p>Other associations include:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Splenic calcifications</strong> can occur in various shapes and forms and can occur from a myriad of aetiological factors.</p><p>The usual calcification observed in radiographs are the multiple, miliary form presenting numerous small rounded densities averaging from three to five millimeters in diameter where are thought to be often caused by <a href="/articles/phlebolith-1">phleboliths</a>.</p><p>Other associations include:</p><ul>
-<li>infection with <em>Pneumocystic jiroveci</em> <sup>7</sup>- +<li>infection with <em>Pneumocystis jiroveci</em> <sup>7</sup>
-<li>following treatment of lymphoma: Hodgkin disease <sup>3</sup>- +<li>following treatment of lymphoma: <a title="Hodgkin disease" href="/articles/hodgkin-lymphoma">Hodgkin disease</a> <sup>3</sup>
-<li>cat scratch disease: rare <sup>8</sup>- +<li>
- +<a title="cat scratch disease" href="/articles/cat-scratch-disease">cat scratch disease</a>: rare <sup>8</sup>
-<a title="Splenic congenital cyst" href="/articles/splenic-cyst">congenital cyst</a> <sup>10</sup>- +<a href="/articles/splenic-cyst">congenital cyst</a> <sup>10</sup>
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