Case Reports
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011): Reviews, Articles, Case Reports and Letters

Pathologic splenic rupture in a patient with follicular lymphoma

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Published: November 10, 2011
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common indolent Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) . It presents primarily with widespread disease which may be asymptomatic and involves the bone marrow in around 40% of patients . Although the disease is widespread at presentation the incidence of complications such as splenic rupture which are usually seen with other aggressive lymphomas is rare

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Aniruddha P Dayama
Senior Resident, Department of Hematology
Rajan Kapoor
Senior Resident, Department of Hematology
Jasmita Dass
Senior Resident, Department of Hematology
Gurmeet Singh
Senior Resident, Department of Hematology
Manoranjan Mahapatra
Additional Professor, Department of Hematology
Haraprasad Pati
Professor, Department of Hematology

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“Pathologic splenic rupture in a patient with follicular lymphoma” (2011) Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 3(1), p. e2011051. doi:10.4084/mjhid.2011.051.