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Hyaloserositis

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Coating of an organ with a fibrous hyaline due to serositis
Micrograph of hyaloserositis of the spleen (sugar-coated spleen). H&E stain.

In pathology, hyaloserositis is the coating of an organ with a fibrous hyaline, resulting from inflammation of the serous membrane (serositis) covering the organ.

The spleen is commonly affected and often referred to as sugar-coated spleen. The liver and heart are also sometimes affected and referred to as frosted liver (or sugar-coated liver) and frosted heart respectively.

Hyaloserositis of the spleen is usually considered benign, i.e. it does not necessitate any treatment.

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References

  1. ^ Hyaloserositis. Online Medical Dictionary. URL: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?hyaloserositis. Accessed on: June 21, 2008.
  2. serositis Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at eMedicine Dictionary
  3. "Sugar-coated spleen". Drugs.com.
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