title: On the size and tumor involvement of the spleen in Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: Fifty-four untreated patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) subjected to splenectomy were studied with respect to preoperatively assessed spleen size compared to postoperative findings. Before splenectomy, nine patients had "normal sized" spleens, 18 patients had spleens weighing greater than or equal to 200 g and 14/39 spleens were tumor-involved. Nine patients had "enlarged" but unpalpable spleens. Eight of these weighed greater than 200 g and 3/9 spleens showed tumor involvement. Six patients with preoperatively palpable spleens showed tumor involvement, their spleens weighed greater than 660 g. The results confirm the inaccuracy of non-invasive procedures in prediction of spleen size and tumor involvement in HD.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*