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*Patients with [[asplenia]] are at greater risk of [[sepsis]]. [[CT scan]] may be helpful to define these [[structures]] in large patients or if overlying gas-filled bowel obscures the [[upper abdominal]] [[anatomy]].<ref name="pmid10464794">{{cite journal| author=Applegate KE, Goske MJ, Pierce G, Murphy D| title=Situs revisited: imaging of the heterotaxy syndrome. | journal=Radiographics | year= 1999 | volume= 19 | issue= 4 | pages= 837-52; discussion 853-4 | pmid=10464794 | doi=10.1148/radiographics.19.4.g99jl31837 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10464794 }} </ref> | *Patients with [[asplenia]] are at greater risk of [[sepsis]]. [[CT scan]] may be helpful to define these [[structures]] in large patients or if overlying gas-filled bowel obscures the [[upper abdominal]] [[anatomy]].<ref name="pmid10464794">{{cite journal| author=Applegate KE, Goske MJ, Pierce G, Murphy D| title=Situs revisited: imaging of the heterotaxy syndrome. | journal=Radiographics | year= 1999 | volume= 19 | issue= 4 | pages= 837-52; discussion 853-4 | pmid=10464794 | doi=10.1148/radiographics.19.4.g99jl31837 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10464794 }} </ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]
Overview
In asplenic patients, CT scan may be helpful to define these structures in large patients or if overlying gas-filled bowel obscures the upper abdominal anatomy.
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- Patients with asplenia are at greater risk of sepsis. CT scan may be helpful to define these structures in large patients or if overlying gas-filled bowel obscures the upper abdominal anatomy.[1]
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- ↑ Applegate KE, Goske MJ, Pierce G, Murphy D (1999). "Situs revisited: imaging of the heterotaxy syndrome". Radiographics. 19 (4): 837–52, discussion 853-4. doi:10.1148/radiographics.19.4.g99jl31837. PMID 10464794.