Patient A, a 68-year-old male with stage IV mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and splenic involvement, underwent an autologous peripheral blood HSCT following myeloablative total body radiation (1200 cGy ...
L. H. Smith and T. W. McKinley, Jr. The importance of the spleen to recovery of lethally x-irradiated mice injected with syngeneic bone marrow was evaluated. When splenectomy was performed 2 days ...
THIS report deals with an apparently unique case in which there was simultaneously selective red-cell aplasia of the bone marrow and an autoimmune hemolytic mechanism. The combination of continued ...
1. Which doctor does splenectomy? The splenectomy surgery is usually done by a general surgeon who is familiar with the procedure. 2. How can you live without a spleen? Though the spleen is important, ...
THE variability in the natural history of both acquired and idiopathic aplastic anemia makes it difficult to evaluate the success of any specific program of therapy. With careful attention to ...
Tampa Bay quarterback Chris Simms will make a full recovery from Sunday night's surgery to remove his spleen, and he will play football again, Buccaneer head coach Jon Gruden said Monday. Whether that ...