[Extracorporeal methods of therapy in lymphatic tumors]

The paper is concerned with the use of plasmapheresis, lymphocytapheresis, lymphocytaplasmapheresis and plasma perfusion in patients with tumors of the lymphoid tissue. Based on 976 plasmapheresis sessions given to 161 patients the authors demonstrate its efficacy in the treatment of patients with tumors of the lymphoid tissue associated with secretion of paraprotein whose presence gives rise to such complications as the syndrome of high viscosity, cryoglobulinemia, chronic renal failure, amyloidosis, cold hemolytic disease and other paraproteinemia-induced complications. On abundant material (535 sessions given to 98 patients) the authors review situations in which lymphocytapheresis, lymphocytaplasmapheresis and plasma perfusion may be indicated. Consider approaches to their performance as well as the clinical efficacy of the methods.