Color Doppler sonography in a case of splenic hemangioma: value of compressing the tumor.

Color Doppler sonography is frequently used for the diagnosis of abdominal abnormalities, especially in cases of liver and vascular disease. However, color Doppler findings of splenic diseases have been reported only rarely. We describe a case of a splenic hemangioma in which color Doppler sonography showed blood flow within the tumor. Many color echoes appeared in the tumor immediately after it was compressed by the probe, suggesting that flow in the vessels in the hemangioma was obliterated by the probe.