Article Type
Original Study
Abstract
Malignant lymphoma is by far the most common malignant tumour involving the spleen (Long and Aisenberg, 1974). Although usually affected as a part of generalised process, in some cases the spleen represents the only detectable site of the disease. Splenic involvement by such disease may present as an asymptomatic splenomegaly or result in a picture of hyper-splenism (Vardimen et a!., 1975 and Glees etal., 1977). In this work, the initial diagnosis of splenic lymphoma was made pathologically at splenectomy in a group of bilharzial patients trying to detect the frequency of such primary splenic lymphoma in bilharzial splenomegaly and to discuss the different pathological findings. The clinical features noted prior to splenectomy were reviewed. MATERIAL AND METHODS From 1986-1988 at Mansoura University Hospital, splenectomies and devascularisation of the gastro-oesophageal regions were performed on 200 bilharzial patients of both sex their ages ranged from 20-56 years with an average of 42 years. All patients were subjected before operation to thorough clinical examination and laboratory investigations including abdominal sonograms and barium contrast roentgenogram of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Recommended Citation
El.Gindy, M; Gamil, T; and Sirag, S
(1990)
"PRIMARY SPLENIC LYMPHOMA IN BILHARZIAL SPLENOMEGALY (CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL STUDY),"
Mansoura Medical Journal: Vol. 19
:
Iss.
1
, Article 12.
Available at:
https://doi.org/10.21608/mjmu.1990.138839
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