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
Hyaloserositis. Online Medical Dictionary. URL: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?hyaloserositis. Accessed on: June 21, 2008. http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?hyaloserositis ↩
serositis Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine at eMedicine Dictionary http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/srchcont_dict.asp?src=serositis ↩
"Sugar-coated spleen". Drugs.com. https://www.drugs.com/dict/sugar-coated-spleen.html ↩
Hyaloserositis. Online Medical Dictionary. URL: http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?hyaloserositis. Accessed on: June 21, 2008. http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?hyaloserositis ↩