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| − | *these are important surgically since splenomegaly can be diagnoses clinically by palpation or X-ray and some tumours are surgically curable
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| − | ====Hyperplastic Nodules or Benign Lymphoma====
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| − | *very common incidental findings in older dogs
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| − | *should not be mistakenly identified as pathognomic lesions
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| − | *consist of nodules of hyperplastic white and red pulp
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| − | :- usually 1-2 cms in size, but occasionally may be larger
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| − | :- spherical
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| − | :- protrude hemispherically from the surface as yellow and red mottled nodules
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| − | *infrequently, may rupture and give rise to haemorrhage
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| − | ====[[Haemangioma]]====
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| − | ====[[Haemangiosarcoma]]====
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| − | ====Haematopoietic Neoplasms====
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| − | =====[[Lymphosarcoma]]=====
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| − | =====myeloid (granulocytic) leukaemia=====
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| − | *rare
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| − | *all species
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| − | *extreme form with spleen approaching liver size
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| − | =====systemic mastocytosis=====
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| − | *cat
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| − | *extreme form with spleen approaching liver size
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