title: Primary lymphoma of the spleen: an experience with seven patients.
abstract: Primary lymphoma of the spleen is a rare clinical entity. In our study, a group of 110 patients with various hematological disorders were subjected to splenectomy over a period of 20 years. We have been able to isolate 7 patients with primary lymphoma of the spleen. Main indications of splenectomy in these patients were anemia and leukopenia. There was no mortality, but morbidity was quite high (43%). We conclude that splenectomy may be a useful treatment in patients with cytopenias secondary to primary lymphoma of the spleen refractory to other types of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Nazir A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Wani
authors.forename: Fazl Q
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Parray
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000209:etiology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*