Functional asplenia in Sezary syndrome.
A case of functional asplenia revealed by radiocolloid scanning is reported in a patient suffering from Sezary syndrome, a lymphoma of cutaneous origin. Heavy, diffuse sinusoidal infiltration of the spleen by the Sezary cells appears to be responsible for the functional asplenia in this case.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012751:Sezary Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology