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Disorders of the spleen /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neiman, Richard S., 1937-
Other Authors: Orazi, Attilo, Wolf, Barbara C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, [1999]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Major problems in pathology ; v. 38.
Subjects:
Splenic Diseases.
Table of Contents:
  • Sect. 1. General considerations
  • Embryology and anatomy
  • Functions of the spleen
  • Hypersplenism
  • Hyposplenism
  • Sect. 2. Disorders of the white pulp
  • Reactive lymphoid hyperplasia
  • Granulomatous disorders
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • Lymphomas of the spleen
  • Plasma cell dyscrasias and related disorders
  • Sect. 3. Disorders of the red pulp
  • Non-neoplastic disorders of erythrocytes, granulocytes, and platelets
  • Disorders of the monocyte-macrophage system
  • Leukemias
  • Myeloproliferative disorders
  • Non-neoplastic vascular lesions
  • Splenic cysts, nonhematopoietic tumors, and tumorlike lesions.