During the past 5 years we have investigated 45 patients with the clinical manifestations suggestive of cirrhosis. We found 40 of them having cirrhosis but 3 patients had idiopathic splenomegaly. They underwent splenctomy and after 1-5 years they have remained free of the disease.
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