title: Peripheral lymphocyte count in untreated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients and their lymphographic findings.
abstract: The relation between grades of foaminess in lumbar, iliac and inguinal nodes on bipedal lymphograms, and peripheral lymphocyte counts was assessed in patients with untreated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The lymphocyte counts were widely distributed in and around the normal range in patients with normal lymphographic findings, but in patients with increased grades of foaminess they were depressed to a marked degree. The decrease in peripheral lymphocyte counts in patients revealing no pathological grades of foaminess may be caused by the occult abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or may suggest the impending extension of the disease in these nodal chains.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008198:Lymph Nodes; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008220:Lymphography; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013601:T-Lymphocytes