Blood, 1955, Vol. 10, No. 8, pp. 812-819.
© 1955 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Splenic Aspiration Biopsy in the Dog
SCOTT N. SWISHER 1 and
W. ANDREW DALE 1
1 Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rochester School of
Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.
A method of partial marsupialization of the dog spleen which permits repeated
aspiration biopsies of the spleen has been developed. Needle-core or open surgical biopsies may also be carried out on these dogs. The cytologic picture found
in material from aspiration biopsies of dog spleens is described. Percutaneous
splenic-portal venography or injection into the portal circulation may also be
carried out by injecting directly into the marsupialized spleen.
Submitted on December 29, 1954
Accepted on February 14, 1955