Presentation
Incidental finding during CTPA scan for exclusion of acute postpartum pulmonary thromboembolism.
Patient Data
Age: 30 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Zebra spleen
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Arterial phase CTPA demonstrates a normal and heterogeneous hepatic and splenic enhancement in this postpartum patient.
The spleen has particularly dramatic alternating bands of high and low density resembling the stripes of a zebra.
Case Discussion
A case of the typical archiform appearance of the spleen resembling zebra stripes due to the normal heterogeneous enhancement pattern during arterial phase imaging. In this instance, the study was a CT pulmonary arteriogram for the exclusion of postpartum thromboembolism.
From a neuroradiology perspective, the appearance resembles the serpentine morphology of cerebral gyri!
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