Splenectomy in a giant spleen caused by hairy cell leukemýa (Case presentation)

Hairy cell leukemia is a rare chronic lymphoproliferative disease which goes with splenomegaly. Splenomegaly was determined in the 67 years old male patient have been treated for hairy cell leukemia for four years. Splenectomy was performed for preventing complications of splenomegaly. CD3, CD20, TRAP were determined as positive with the immunohistochemical studies which was suitable for hairy cell leukemia. For the patients with giant size of spleen due to hairy cell leukemia, splenectomy is an effective theraphy method, to prevent the
complications and for favourable response to chemoterapy.

Hairy cell lösemiye baðlý dev dalak olgusunda splenektomi (Olgu sunumu)

Hairy cell lösemi, splenomegali ile seyreden nadir görülen kronik bir lenfopoliferatif hastalýktýr. Dört yýldýr hairy cell lösemi sebebiyle tedavi gören 67 yaþýndaki erkek hastada spleneomegali saptandý. Komplikasyonlarýn önlenmesi amacýyla splenektomi uygulandý. Hairy cell lösemi ile uyumlu olarak immunohistokimyasal çalýþma ile CD3, CD20, TRAP pozitif bulundu. Hairy cell lösemiye baðlý dalaðýn dev boyutlara ulaþtýðý vakalarda komplikasyonlarýn oluþumunun engellenmesi ve hastalýðýn kemoterapiye cevabýnýn olumlu olmasý için splenektomi etkili bir tedavi yöntemidir