SPLENIC CALCIFICATION

multiple (diffuse), small foci of calcification:

histoplasmosis

brucellosis

tuberculosis

localised calcification:

haemangiomas

splenic infarcts (various causes, eg. sickle-cell anaemia)

cysts, including hydatid disease and simple cysts

post-traumatic splenic haemorrhage

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