Splenectomy in tropical splenomegaly.

Splenectomy in tropical splenomegaly.

"Big Spleen Disease"-Hamilton et al. MEBRITCLSH 825 44%. His only treatment has been a 15-day course of primaquine followed by 100 mg. of proguanil daily. This is further evidence for a malarial cause of this syndrome and also for implicating the spleen in the plasma volume changes. The role of the spleen is also shown by a case of Felty's syndrome (Pengelly, 1966), in which a marked reduction ...

Splenectomy for Tropical Splenomegaly

Results of Splenectomy for Tropical Splenomegaly

The last one was a case of intracapsular rupture, the capsule forming a big cyst and filling up most of the abdomen. The photographs illustrate the enormous size of the spleens as compared with the anatomical specimen in the middle; the spleens had got considerably hardened and shrunken in the pathological museum. The small spleen is a papier maclie model of a normal organ from the anatomy muse...

Splenomegaly and splenectomy in sarcoidosis.

The natural history of 30 patients with sarcoidosis who showed histological evidence of granulomatous involvement of the spleen has been studied; 24 patients had splenomegaly, 16 of whom had splenectomy. The main indication for splenectomy was splenomegaly and resultant discomfort. Corticosteroids reduced spleen size but reduction or withdrawal of the relatively high dosage required resulted in...

Splenectomy for Splenomegaly

Physician to the Bristol Royal Infirmary.