CT confirmation of healing spleen

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Thanks very much to everyone for their input. The only literature I  
could find on imaging of the healing spleen is in the pediatric  
population. I have attached one of the two that I found that suggests  
that ultrasound showing a hyperechoic band represents scar and that  
blood or hematoma is hypoechoic.

I gather that most who responded would not get a final CT to check for  
healing. What if the patient was a fighter pilot?

Allen
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