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.