Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes should be included in the differential diagnosis of massive splenomegaly

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 412-418

  Bedu Addo, George ^a   Rutherford, Tim ^b   Bevan, David ^b   Bates, Imelda ^b  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; Leukemia; Leukemia, lymphocytic, chronic; Lymphocytosis; Lymphoma; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PALUDINE; PROGUANIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL SURFACE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GHANA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MALARIA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0032432490     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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