Disorders of the Spleen

Part 1 General considerations: embryology and anatomy functions of the spleen hypersplenism hyposplenism. Part 2 Disorders of the white pulp: reactive lymphoid hyperplasia granulomatous disorders Hodgkin disease lymphomas of the spleen plasma cell dyscrasias and related disorders. Part 3 Disorders of the red pulp: non-neoplastic disorders of erythrocytes, granulocytes, and platelets disorders of the monocyte-macrophage system leukaemias myeloproliferative disorders non-neoplastic vascular lesions splenic cysts, nonhaemotopoetic tumours, and tumourlike lesions.