Felitar V A, Jagwe J G, Loban K M
Ter Arkh. 1988;60(11):82-4.
A follow-up of 142 patients with the syndrome of tropical splenomegaly in Mulago Hospital in Uganda made it possible to study a clinical course, the informative value of hematological, some biochemical and immunological indices, morphological changes of liver biopsy specimens in this syndrome. Over a 10-year period 9020 autopsy records were studied for comparative assessment of a histological picture and causes of death in Mulago Hospital. The syndrome of tropical splenomegaly was diagnosed in 88 (0.98%) of them. The main diagnostic criteria were proposed for this pathology. This pathology should be denoted as the syndrome of tropical splenohepatomegaly.
对乌干达穆拉戈医院142例热带脾肿大综合征患者进行随访，得以研究该综合征的临床病程、血液学、一些生化和免疫指标的信息价值、肝活检标本的形态学变化。在10年期间，研究了穆拉戈医院9020份尸检记录，以对组织学图像和死亡原因进行比较评估。其中88例（0.98%）被诊断为热带脾肿大综合征。为此种病理情况提出了主要诊断标准。这种病理情况应称为热带脾肝肿大综合征。
