Giant splenomegaly in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Revista Cubana de Cirugía

Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Hermanos Ameijeiras, La Habana, Cuba¹  Menéndez Núñez, Joaquín¹  González González, José Luis¹ 

关键词: lymphocytic leukemia;    giant splenomegaly.;   

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学科分类：外科医学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most frequent in the Western hemisphere; their symptoms usually include adenopathy, fatigue, loss weight and those derived from infection and anemic syndrome. Although it is one of the diseases rarely in need of splenectomy for hyperesplenism, it is a common pathology in hematology and they and general surgeon should have thorough knowledge about it. We introduced a patient with a splenomegaly of giant proportions and unusual presentation.

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