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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Shyam Patel [2] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

There are no particular CT scan findings associated with hereditary spherocytosis.

CT

• There are no particular CT scan findings associated with hereditary spherocytosis.

• In abdominal CT scan the preferred sites of extramedullary hematopoietic involvement are the spleen, liver and lymph nodes, but in hereditary spherocytosis the posterior paravertebral mediastinum is also commonly involved.