[Ultrasonographic characteristics of the liver in chronic and acute leukemia].

Parenchyma of the liver and blood flow in the portal system were studied in patients with acute and chronic leukemias. Ultrasonic investigations of the liver with the use of Doppler's method were conducted in 82 leukemia patients. It has been found that in most cases of leukemia not only the size but also ultrasonic characteristics of parenchyma of the liver are changed.

[Thyroid status of the body in leukemias].

Disordered thyroid status was detected in patients with various clinical and morphological forms of leukemia and with hypoplastic anemia. These disorders present as low triiodothyronine blood concentration and a deficit of this hormone in the body. A certain correlation has been detected between the degree of the thyroid status disorders and the leukemic process malignancy.