—Before making a decision about splenectomy, get a thorough hematopathology review of available diagnostic material—and advice from a lymphoma specialist. Reviewed by Chaitra Ujjani, MD, Associate ...

What treatment guidelines should the primary care clinician follow for a patient who has had a splenectomy? I have a 40-year-old patient who lost her spleen following a MVA at 18 years of age. Before ...

1. Which doctor does splenectomy? The splenectomy surgery is usually done by a general surgeon who is familiar with the procedure. 2. How can you live without a spleen? Though the spleen is important, ...

Although routine pathology review of tissue specimens after splenectomy is clinically beneficial for patients with splenomegaly, abnormal imaging results, a previous diagnosis of cancer, or a grossly ...

Splenectomy before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) might be a promising option in patients with myelofibrosis (MF) who failed to achieve significant spleen response after ...

THE exact role of the spleen in preventing or suppressing bacterial infections in human beings is unknown. The spleen, an important part of the reticuloendothelial system, acts as a filter for ...

THIS communication presents the results of splenectomy performed in patients with various blood dyscrasias who have been followed in the Blood Clinic of the New England Medical Center during the past ...

Patient A, a 68-year-old male with stage IV mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and splenic involvement, underwent an autologous peripheral blood HSCT following myeloablative total body radiation (1200 cGy ...

During fetal development, the spleen is a major hemopoietic organ. In the adult human, this task is relinquished to the bone marrow. However, under the stress of certain pathologic conditions, ...

Surgery Plus Chemotherapy Compared With Surgery Alone for Localized Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus: A Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study—JCOG9204 Purpose: To assess the interaction ...

Surgery for solitary pulmonary metastasis after curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer: Contribution to the long-term survival. Perioperative chemotherapy with ECX +/- panitumumab in locally advanced ...