Abstract

GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, José Luis  and  MENENDEZ NUNEZ, Joaquín. Giant splenomegaly in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2014, vol.53, n.4, pp.408-414. ISSN 0034-7493.

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most frequent in the Western hemisphere; their symptoms usually include adenopathy, fatigue, loss weight and those derived from infection and anemic syndrome. Although it is one of the diseases rarely in need of splenectomy for hyperesplenism, it is a common pathology in hematology and they and general surgeon should have thorough knowledge about it. We introduced a patient with a splenomegaly of giant proportions and unusual presentation.

Keywords : lymphocytic leukemia; giant splenomegaly.

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