TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional Asplenia in Immunoblastic Lymphoma
AU - Gross, David J.
AU - Braverman, Abraham J.
AU - Koren, Gideon
AU - Rabinowitz, Yehudah S.
AU - Gordon, Roy
AU - Okon, Elimelech
PY - 1982/11
Y1 - 1982/11
N2 - A 65-year-old woman with a prior history of rheumatoid arthritis with Sjögren's syndrome experienced immunoblastic lymphoma initially seen as fever and subsequent acute splenic enlargement. A technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid scan disclosed minimal uptake in the spleen, which was compatible with the diagnosis of functional asplenia. Herein, the causes of functional asplenia are reviewed, and the rare nature of this phenomenon in lymphomata is stressed.
AB - A 65-year-old woman with a prior history of rheumatoid arthritis with Sjögren's syndrome experienced immunoblastic lymphoma initially seen as fever and subsequent acute splenic enlargement. A technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid scan disclosed minimal uptake in the spleen, which was compatible with the diagnosis of functional asplenia. Herein, the causes of functional asplenia are reviewed, and the rare nature of this phenomenon in lymphomata is stressed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84948010598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1982.00340250179031
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1982.00340250179031
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C2 - 6897164
AN - SCOPUS:84948010598
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 142
SP - 2213
EP - 2215
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 12
ER -