An 81-year-old woman with a 2-day history of vomiting and abdominal distension attended our hospital. The patient reported no fever, recent travel abroad, or change of bowel habit. She had a 3-year ...
Splenomegaly resulting from portal hypertension can be caused by cirrhosis, hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction and extrahepatic portal vein obstruction. Both cirrhosis and hepatic venous ...
During examinations of blood smears of several children with sickle-cell anemia and associated splenomegaly, Howell—Jolly bodies were observed. These intra-erythrocyte inclusions are frequently ...