Primary Tuberculosis of the Spleen: Its Clinical Resemblance to Banti's Disease.
Authors: ALVIN E. PRICE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 June 1931Primary Tuberculosis of the Spleen: Its Clinical Resemblance to Banti's Disease.With a Report of Three Cases*ALVIN E. PRICE, RONALD L. JARDINEALVIN E. PRICESearch for more papers by this author, RONALD L. JARDINESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-12-1574 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSecondary involvement of the spleen in cases of generalized tuberculosis is not rare. Griffin1has estimated its occurrence in twenty per cent of adults, while in children he regards it about three times more frequent (50-66 per cent). Others would place these figures still higher, regarding the incidence close to one hundred per cent, "Primary Tuberculosis of the Spleen" on the other hand, as described by Auché2, Bayer3, Block4, Ciacco5, Léon-Kindberg6, Quéne and Baudet7, Sotti8and others, is found to be much less common. Winternitz10in 1912 reviewed some fifty-one cases reported up to that time and since then about...References1 GIFFIN HZ: Tuberculosis of the Spleen. Med. Clinics N. A. 3:765-771, Nov., 1919. Google Scholar2 AUCHÉ B: Tuberculose primitive de la rate. Journal de Méd. de Bordeaux, XXXI; 381-384, 1901. Google Scholar3 BAYER J: Über die primäre Tuberculose der Milz. Zentralblatt für innere Medizin, XXVI; 1062-1063, 1905. Google Scholar4 BLOCH R: Contribution à l 'étude anatomo-clinique de la tuberculose primitive de la rate. Rev. internat. de la tuberc., Par., XII; 23-32, 1907. Google Scholar5 CIACCIO C: Primäre tuberkulose Splenomegalie. Deutsche. Ztschr. f. Chir., Leipz., XCVIII:464-473. 1909. 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LUCIA, M.D.Tuberculous splenomegalyTUBERCULOSIS OF THE SPLEENFELTY'S SYNDROME REPORT OF A CASE WITH COMPLETE POSTMORTEM FINDINGS*ALVIN E. PRICE, A.B., M.D., JOHN B. SCHOENFELD, B.S., M.D.Chronic primary tuberculosis of the spleen 1 June 1931Volume 4, Issue 12Page: 1574-1583KeywordsChildrenSpleen ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...