title: Splenectomy for massive splenomegaly of polycythemia vera.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery and Critical Care, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Room 5C-122, 10 North Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: Lena M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Napolitano
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*; D013156:Splenectomy; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*