PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE COUNT IN UNTREATED NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA PATIENTS AND THEIR LYMPHOGRAPHIC FINDINGS

S Matsubara, S Suzuki, J Horiuchi, H Shibuya, M Maeda, H Miyamoto

Abstract


The relation between grades of foaminess in lumbar, iliac and inguinal nodes on bipedal lymphograms, and peripheral lymphocyte counts was assessed in
patients with untreated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The lymphocyte counts were widely distributed in and around the normal range in patient with normal
lymphographic find ings, but in patients with increased grades of foaminess they were depressed to a marked degree. The decrease in peripheral lymphocyte counts in patients revealing no pathological grades of foaminess may be caused by the occult
abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or may suggest the impending extension of the disease in these nodal chains.


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