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Child, splenic trauma. (a) Baseline ultrasonography shows swelling and echostructural inhomogeneity of the lower pole of the spleen (arrowhead); (b) contrast-enhanced ultrasound shows a large triangular-shaped hypoechoic area at the lower pole of the spleen (white arrow), corresponding to an area of devascularization; (c) axial CT scan and (d) coronal view confirm the triangular-shaped not vascularized area.
