Medical Definition of Lymphomatosis
1. Any condition characterised by the occurrence of multiple, widely distributed sites of involvement with lymphoma. Avian lymphomatosis, a group of virus-induced transmissible diseases of chickens and some other birds in which there is lymphoid cell infiltration or formation of lymphomatous tumours in various tissues and organs; the two principal diseases are: 1) the avian leukosis-sarcoma complex-induced lymphoid leukosis, involving the bursa fabricius and various visceral organs, that is associated with viruses of the family Retroviridae; 2) Marek's disease, caused by avian herpesvirus 2 and involving primarily the peripheral nerves and gonads and, to a lesser and more variable extent, other visceral organs, skin, muscle, and the eye. Variability of lesion site prompted other names for avian lymphomatosis, such as big liver disease, ocular lymphomatosis, visceral lymphomatosis neurolymphomatosis gallinarum, and fowl paralysis. Synonym: fowl lymphomatosis. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Lymphomatosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"Under the heading of " lymphomatosis " he would not include multiple tuberculous
lymphoma, Ebstein's intermittens, in so far as tuberculosis is causal, ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Visceral lymphomatosis developed in two birds. ... Visceral lymphomatosis was
the only manifestation of the avian leucosis complex encountered and it is ..."
3. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"... lymphomatosis. ... lymphomatosis have been clearly stated by Wunderlich: "There
is a peculiar disease, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Pediatric Society by American Pediatric Society (1906)
"In recent lectures Turck,14 under the term lymphomatosis, included three
sub-divisions according to the following scheme, the dotted lines indicating that a ..."
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