Lesions of the spleen in sarcoidosis
Shatalov, N.N.; Anisimov, L.L.; Kornev, V.M.; Kamalov, I.R.; Mamonova, E.N.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 63(6): 58-61
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 4033030 Document Number: 247439
The clinico-laboratory symptoms of spleen affection were studied in 100 patients with active sarcoidosis. Splenomegaly that was found in 11 patients is a common extra thoracic manifestation of sarcoidosis. Moderately pronounced signs of hypersplenism were found in 3 patients with an enlarged spleen. Clinical observations show diagnostic difficulties encountered in patients with sarcoidosis and splenomegaly. An enlarged spleen in sarcoidosis is an indication of a chronic course of the disease.