title: [Splenic lymphoma of the marginal zone without peripheral hairy lymphocytes].
abstract: This paper reports on a case of a 34-year male patient diagnosed for splenic lymphoma of the marginal zone, a rare entity in our milieu. Features of the disease are described. Early diagnosis is a must for optimum treatment of such a pathology, whose onset can be giant splenomegalia. All possible causes are to be considered.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech, Camagüey, Cuba. vadolfo@finlay.cmw.sld.cu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pila Pérez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pila Peláez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosales Torres
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Holguín Prieto
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Alzate Giraldo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013156:Splenectomy; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome