Splenic calcification
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Splenic calcifications can occur is 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
- following treatment of lymphoma
-: Hodgkin disease 3 - hepatosplenic anthrasilicosis: rare 2
- calcified splenic lesions
See also
-<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 title="Phleboliths" href="/articles/phleboliths">phleboliths</a>. </p><p>Other associations include</p><ul>-<li>diffuse calcifications-<ul>- +<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>
- +<li>diffuse calcifications<ul>
-<a title="systemic lupus erythematosus" href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus">systemic lupus erythematosus</a> : rare <sup>1</sup>- +<a href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus">systemic lupus erythematosus</a>: rare <sup>1</sup>
-<a title="splenic granulomatous disease" href="/articles/splenic-granulomatous-disease">splenic granulomatous disease</a> <sup>6</sup><ul>-<li><a title="splenic tuberculosis" href="/articles/splenic-tuberculosis">splenic tuberculosis</a></li>-<li><a title="splenic histoplasmosis" href="/articles/splenic-histoplasmosis">splenic histoplasmosis</a></li>-<li><a title="splenic brucellosis" href="/articles/splenic-brucellosis">splenic brucellosis</a></li>- +<a href="/articles/splenic-granulomatous-disease">splenic granulomatous disease</a> <sup>6</sup><ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/splenic-tuberculosis">splenic tuberculosis</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/splenic-histoplasmosis">splenic histoplasmosis</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/splenic-brucellosis">splenic brucellosis</a></li>
-<a title="splenic amyloidosis" href="/articles/splenic-amyloidosis">splenic amyloidosis</a> <sup>4-5</sup>- +<a href="/articles/splenic-amyloidosis">splenic amyloidosis</a> <sup>4-5</sup>
-<li>following treatment of lymphoma - Hodgkin disease <sup>3</sup>- +<li>following treatment of lymphoma: Hodgkin disease <sup>3</sup>
-<a title="hepatosplenic anthrasilicosis" href="/articles/hepatosplenic-anthrasilicosis">hepatosplenic anthrasilicosis</a> : rare <sup>2</sup>- +<a href="/articles/hepatosplenic-anthrasilicosis">hepatosplenic anthrasilicosis</a>: rare <sup>2</sup>
-<li>calcified splenic lesions-<ul>-<li><a title="Splenic haemangioma" href="/articles/splenic-haemangioma">splenic haemangioma</a></li>-<li><a title="Splenic lymphangioma" href="/articles/splenic-lymphangioma">splenic lymphangioma</a></li>-<li>calcified <a title="splenic arterial aneurysm" href="/articles/splenic-arterial-aneurysm">splenic arterial aneurysm</a> </li>-<li><a title="splenic hydatid cyst" href="/articles/splenic-hydatid-cyst">splenic hydatid cyst</a></li>- +<li>calcified splenic lesions<ul>
- +<li><a href="/articles/splenic-haemangioma">splenic haemangioma</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/splenic-lymphangioma">splenic lymphangioma</a></li>
- +<li>calcified <a href="/articles/splenic-arterial-aneurysm">splenic arterial aneurysm</a>
- +</li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/splenic-hydatid-cyst">splenic hydatid cyst</a></li>
-</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a title="Increased splenic density" href="/articles/increased-splenic-density-2">increased splenic density</a></li></ul>- +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/increased-splenic-density-2">increased splenic density</a></li></ul>
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