Cite this page: Mansouri J. Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/spleenSplendoreHoeppliPhenomenon.html. Accessed March 22nd, 2023.
Definition / general
- Abscess containing brightly eosinophilic, pseudomycotic structures composed of necrotic debris and immunoglobulin in starburst pattern
- In U.S., usually due to Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa; in tropics, due to schistosomiasis, microfilariae, various fungi
Case reports
- 61 year old woman with CLL for 10 years with Nocardia asteroides in spleen (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2001;125:1515)
