Hepatic Hodgkin's disease without involvement of the spleen
β Scribed by Mark A. Fialk; Charles I. Jarowski; Morton Coleman; Janet Mouradian
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
A patient with Hodgkin's disease, who at laparotomy had liver involvement with no evidence of Hodgkin's disease in the spleen, is reported. Rare alternate lymphaticovenous anastomoses exist that may lead to liver involvement in the absence of splenic involvement.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Seventeen previously untreated children with Hodgkin's disease were treated with six courses of the combination adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and DTIC (ABVD), without radiotherapy, from 1984-1987. In all patients, complete remission was attained. After a median follow-up period of 73.5 months