Difference between revisions of "Spleen"

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 =Specific disorders=
-==Hyaloserositis==
+==Hyaloserositis of the spleen==
-*Properly referred to as ''hyaloserositis of the spleen''.
+*[[AKA]] ''sugar-coated spleen''.
-*Capsule of the spleen is white - resembles sugar-coating; also known as ''sugar-coated spleen''.<ref>URL: [http://www.drugs.com/dict/sugar-coated-spleen.html http://www.drugs.com/dict/sugar-coated-spleen.html]. Accessed on: 1 September 2010.</ref>
+===General===
 *Importance: ''none'' - benign.
-Image(s):
+===Gross===
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spleen_hyaloserositis_-_intermed_mag.jpg Hyaloserositis (WC)].
+*Capsule of the spleen is white - resembles sugar-coating.<ref>URL: [http://www.drugs.com/dict/sugar-coated-spleen.html http://www.drugs.com/dict/sugar-coated-spleen.html]. Accessed on: 1 September 2010.</ref>
+===Microscopic===
+Features:
+*Hyaline material adherent to splenic capsule.
+**Hyaline material = pink acellular crap on a [[H&E stain]].
+Images:
+*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spleen_hyaloserositis_-_intermed_mag.jpg Hyaloserositis - intermed. mag. (WC)].
+*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spleen_hyaloserositis_-b-_high_mag.jpg Hyaloserositis - high mag. (WC)]
 ==Mononucleosis==