title: [Anatomo-clinical observations of the splenic reaction (splenomegaly) occuring in fulminant-comatose forms of acute viral hepatitis].
abstract: Statistical analysis of 80 cases of fulminant-comatose forms of acute viral hepatitis revealed a frequency of 13.7% of splenic hypertrophy as compared to a frequency of 50.6% in 87 common forms of illness. The intensity and frequency of the splenic reaction in the two studied series shows an agreement between the data of the clinical examination--splenic palpability--and the anatomo-pathological ones--splenic weight in grams at necropsy being in inverse ratio to aging. Thus, between the prognostical benignity of the fulminant-comatose forms and the intensity of the splenic reaction appears to be a direct relation.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferche
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Smina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Constantinescu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000821:virology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007297:Inpatients; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000821:virology