A pathognomonic calcification pattern in chronic splenic brucellosis
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A pathognomonic calcification pattern in chronic splenic brucellosis.
A 75-year-old male farmer presented for an abdominal CT scan because of a nonspecific, longstanding abdominal discomfort, fatigue and appetite loss. Although there were no other remarkable imaging findings, an unusual pattern of multiple, thinly, concentrically lamellated calcifications resembling targets was found in the spleen (Fig. 1A), also characterized on a further MRI work-up (Fig. 1B). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2015.06.003