SPONTANEOUS DECREASE OF SPLEEN SIZE IN A PATIENT WITH TYPE-1 GAUCHERS-DISEASE

Authors
DJALDETTI M STRAUSSBERG R BESSLER H ZIMRAN A COHEN AM
Citation
M. Djaldetti et al., SPONTANEOUS DECREASE OF SPLEEN SIZE IN A PATIENT WITH TYPE-1 GAUCHERS-DISEASE, Haematologica, 83(8), 1998, pp. 766-767
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Haematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
03906078
Volume
83
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
766 - 767
Database
ISI
SICI code
0390-6078(1998)83:8<766:SDOSSI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We present a patient with type 1 Gaucher's disease in whom the spleen size during 34 years of follow-up reached a maximum of 6 cm. below the costal margin, but in 1993 began to decrease spontaneously and presen tly can no longer be felt by abdominal palpation.