Diagnostic value of contrast enhanced ultrasound for splenic artery complications following acute pancreatitis

Figure 1 A 22-year-old man with splenic artery embolism. A: Enhanced-contrast computed tomography showing splenic artery embolism (dotted arrow), and the lesion of splenic infarction (solid arrow); B, C: Gray scale ultrasonography and color Doppler ultrasonography of the spleen showed no obvious lesion of splenic infarction; D: Some regions with no enhancement appeared in the splenic arterial phase (solid arrow) on contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS); E: A wedge-shaped splenic infarction with no enhancement was displayed in the splenic venous phase (solid arrow) on CEUS.