One-hundred-one adult patients with ALL were analyzed to determine the prognostic implications of splenomegaly occurring at any time during the course of their illness. The clinical status of the spleen at presentation was not found to be of major prognostic significance. Complete response rates, remission durations, and survivals did not differ between patients with and without splenomegaly at...

The present study aimed to investigate the correlation of MPV and splenomegaly as inflammation activity of FMF patients at the attacks free period. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 43 patients with FMF. This study was performed at the attack free period as clinical and laboratory. For this study, patients were divided into two groups. Patients with splenomegaly is called group...

HYPOTHESIS The incidence of primary lymphoma of the spleen in patients with idiopathic splenomegaly is significant. DESIGN Retrospective review of all patients referred to a general surgical service for splenectomy. SETTING A large tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS Between 1994 and 2001, 86 nontrauma patients were referred for splenectomy. Of these, 18 had idiopathic splenomegaly despite p...

At last this paper identified risk factor for the cause of splenomegaly in thalassemia patients. In al Mosel city (Ibn Atheer Hospital).

Abstract An adult, mixed-breed, feline leukaemia virus (FeLV-) positive female cat was presented with mucosal jaundice and a history of anorexia constipation for three days. Physical examination revealed splenomegaly, cachexia, dehydration. Humane euthanasia conducted, followed by postmortem examination. Grossly, the icteric, hepatomegaly multifocal white spots splenomegaly. Histologically, bon...

Leishmaniasis is a major public health problem in various part of world; it has also emerged in new geographic areas and host populations. Visceral infection can remain subclinical or become symptomatic, with an acute, subacute or chronic course. Kala-azar, or visceral leishmaniasis (VL), presents as fever, pancytopenia and hypergammaglobulinaemia. The presence of splenomegaly is characteristic...