Open AccessOn the role of the spleen in changes in blood composition in splenomegalic cirrhosis of the liver
Author(s) -
I. Ya. Ashkinazi
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90621
Subject(s) - cirrhosis , spleen , leukopenia , splenectomy , medicine , agglutination (biology) , anemia , bone marrow , immunology , pathology , antibody , chemotherapy
49 patients with splenomegalic cirrhosis of the liver (19 of them after splenectomy) and 18 healthy individuals were examined. The parameters of peripheral blood and bone marrow, osmotic resistance of erythrocytes and leukocytes to hypotonic NaCl solution, immunological Coombs' reactions, cold agglutination of erythrocytes, leukoagglutination) were studied. Studies have shown that in splenomegalic cirrhosis of the liver, the pathologically altered spleen is of great importance in the development of anemia and leukopenia.