“…According to Khinji and ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2018 2019 2020 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linenberger (14), of 2,992 cases of adverse events linked to rhG-CSF preparations, 15 (0.5%) included splenomegaly; in addition, Aubrey-Bassler and Sowers (15) reported that, of 613 cases of splenic rupture, 10 (1.6%) were associated with rhG-CSF preparations. There are several case reports of splenic rupture and infarction when rhG-CSF preparations were administered to patients with cancer for the purpose of treating or preventing myelosuppression by chemotherapy and to healthy donors prior to stem cell transplantation (16)(17)(18)(19). However, the PubMed search revealed no reports of splenomegaly hypothetically associated with G-CSF produced by solid tumors, other than the present case and a previously reported case by de Wolff et al (20).…”