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Review
. 2015 Aug 24;6(2):47-50.
doi: 10.1002/cld.491. eCollection 2015 Aug.

Hepatosplenic candidiasis

Oliver A Cornely  1 , Christopher Bangard  2 , Natalie I Jaspers  3
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Review

Hepatosplenic candidiasis

Oliver A Cornely et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .

Erratum in

  • Erratum: Hepatosplenic candidiasis.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2023 Dec 22;22(6):244. doi: 10.1097/CLD.0000000000000102. eCollection 2023 Dec. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). 2023. PMID: 38143810 Free PMC article.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Arterial phase CT with “bull's eye lesion” (arrow) and a hypodense lesion without rim enhancement (arrowhead).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Portal venous phase CT with multiple hypodense Candida microabscesses in the liver and spleen.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Portal venous phase CT with multiple hypodense Candida microabscesses in the liver and spleen. Note peripheral contrast uptake of the small abscess (arrow) which is often not detectable in microabscesses.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Nonenhanced CT with one hypodense abscess in the early stage.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Nonenhanced CT with multiple tiny calcifications of the abscesses after antifungal therapy in the liver. Note an enlarged spleen with hypodense lesions.
Figure 6
Figure 6
Hypoechoic small lesions with a maximum diameter of 20 mm.
Figure 7
Figure 7
Typical bull's eyes or target pattern with a peripheral hypoechoic halo encircling a central hyperechoic core.
Figure 8
Figure 8
Hyperechoic lesions with dorsal shadowing in a late stage.
Figure 9
Figure 9
Hyperechoic rim enhancement with a central hypoechoic area.
Figure 10
Figure 10
Isoechoic rim enhancement with a central hypoechoic area.
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