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Virchow node |
Enlarged left supraclavicular node infiltrates with metastatic cancer from GI primary |
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Middleton maneuver |
Bimanual palpation of spleen |
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Nixon method |
Patient lies on right side Percussion at lower level of pulmonary resonance in post axillary line and proceeds diagonally along a perpendicular line toward the lower midanterior costal margin Dullness >8cm indicates splenomegaly |
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Castell method |
Patient supine Percussion in lowest ICS in ant axillary line (8th or 8th) Dullness is splenomegaly |
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Traube space |
Superior sixth rib Lateral left midaxillary line Inferior left costal margin |
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Splenectomy effective in these neoplasms |
Hairy cell leukemia Prolymphocytic leukemia Splenic mantle cell or marginal zone lymphoma |
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Abscopal effect |
Regression of systemic disease after splenic irradiation Eg. CLL, prolymphocytic leukemia |
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Splenosis |
Peritoneal seeding of splenic fragments Presence of multiple rests of spleen tissue not connected to portal circulation |
