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Pathological rupture of the spleen in transforming non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma
Author(s) -
Griffiths James D.,
Ding Jue Chong,
Juneja Surender K.,
Thomas Robert J.S.,
Martin John J.,
Cooper Ian A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb112245.x
Subject(s) - pathological , spleen , lymphoma , medicine , upper abdomen , pathology , abdomen , disease , radiology , immunology
Two patients with an initial diagnosis of a poorly differentiated lymphocytic lymphoma suffered a pathological rupture of the spleen in association with the histological transformation of the disease to a large cell lymphoma and the development of a leukaemic phase. The value of computerized tomographic scanning of the upper abdomen in confirming the diagnosis of splenic rupture is demonstrated.