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PART 2: Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases
SECTION 10   Hematologic Alterations

59 Enlargement of Lymph Nodes and Spleen
Patrick H. Henry / Dan L. Longo

Figure 59-1  Schematic spleen structure. The spleen comprises many units of red and white pulp centered around small branches of the splenic artery, called central arteries. White pulp is lymphoid in nature and contains B cell follicles, a marginal zone around the follicles, and T cell–rich areas sheathing arterioles. The red...
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