title: [Diagnostic value of arteriography in a case of splenomegaly of unknown origin (author's transl)].
abstract: A 32 year-old patient was found to have a tender enlarged spleen with hardly any other signs apart from transient fever and moderate hepatomegaly. Coeliac arteriography was performed to eliminate the possibility of a splenic tumor. The splenic arteriography showed the presence of a great number of lacuna dispersed throughout the parenchyma and measuring 0,5 to 1 cm. Histopathological examination of samples of the spleen, removed by operation, and biopsies of the liver and lymphnodes confirmed the diagnosis of sarcoidosis of the liver, spleen and lymphnodes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001706:Biopsy; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Apport de l'artériographie dans un cas de splénomégalie inexpliquée.