THE PATHOGENESIS OF BANTI'S DISEASE
Authors: William P. Thompson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 August 1940THE PATHOGENESIS OF BANTI'S DISEASEWILLIAM P. THOMPSON, M.D.WILLIAM P. THOMPSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-2-255 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1883 Banti wrote a monograph entitled "dell Anemia Splenica." In this monograph he described a group of cases presenting splenomegaly with anemia and leukopenia. A particular and, to him, pathognomonic histologic change appeared in the spleen and he insisted that the disease resulted from the activities of some unknown toxic agent that irritated first the spleen and secondarily the liver.In the next 10 years 10 more papers were written by Banti on this syndrome; his name became firmly attached and the syndrome entered the medical texts as Banti's disease.In this country Osler published several papers—the first in...Bibliography1. WHIPPLE AO: The medical-surgical splenopathies, Bull. New York Acad. Med., 1939, xv, 174. Google Scholar2. EPPINGER H: Die Hepato-lienal Erkrankungen, 1920, Springer, Berlin. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WARTHIN AS: Relation of thrombophlebitis of the portal and splenic veins to splenic anemia and Banti's disease, Internat. Clin., 1910, iv, 189. Google Scholar4. MCMICHAEL J: Pathology of hepatolienal fibrosis, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1934, xxxix, 481. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MCNEE JW: The spleen (Lettsonian Lectures), Lancet, 1931, i, 951, 1009, 1063. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. THOMPSONCAUGHEYWHIPPLEROUSSELOT WPJLAOLM: Splenic vein pressure in congestive splenomegaly (Banti's disease), Jr. Clin. Invest., 1937, xvi, 571. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ROUSSELOT LM: The rôle of congestion (portal hypertension) in so-called Banti's syndrome, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1788. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. ROUSSELOT LM: Congestive splenomegaly, Bull. New York Acad. Med., 1939, xv, 188. Google Scholar9. HERRICK FC: An experimental study into the cause of increased portal pressure in portal cirrhosis, Jr. Exper. Med., 1907, ix, 93. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. JOHNSTON JM: The relation of changes in the portal circulation to splenomegaly of the Banti type, ANN. INT. MED., 1931, iv, 772. Google Scholar11a. DAY HB: Bilharzial cirrhosis and Egyptian splenomegaly, Jr. Trop. Med., 1933, xxxvi, 17. Google Scholar11b. MOHAMED AS: Historical review of Egyptian splenomegaly, Jr. Egyptian Med. Assoc., 1936, xix, 631. Google Scholar12. CAMPBELL HE: Schistosomiasis and Banti's disease, Chinese Med. Jr., 1936, l, 1561 and 1938, liii, 459. Google Scholar13. BONELLI P: Analogia entre la Schistosomiasis Mansoni y la enfermedad de Banti o Anemia esplenica, Bol. Asoc. Med. de Puerto Rico, 1931, xxiii, 251. Google Scholar14. ROUSSELOTTHOMPSON LMWP: Experimental production of congestive splenomegaly, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1939, xl, 705. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. LARRABEE RC: Chronic congestive splenomegaly and its relation to Banti's disease, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxx, 745. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York City*Read at the Cleveland meeting of the American College of Physicians April 2, 1940.From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byProximal gastric resection in the treatment of bleeding gastro-oesophageal varices in patients with portal hypertension due to extrahepatic obstructionCavernous transformation of the portal veinThe way to a man's heart is through his liverThe Pathology of SchistosomiasisEXTRAHEPATIC PORTAL OBSTRUCTIONPortal HypertensionCase 35-1968Cavernous transformation of the portal vein in rhesus monkeysDas PfortadergebietPathophysiologie der HerzinsuffizienzThe mechanism of ascitesFatal hemorrhage from esophageal varicesDie Panmyelophthise und verwandte Zustände der KnochenmarksinsuffizienzDiseases of the SpleenA Contribution to the Knowledge of Banti's Syndrome.Present Concepts in Surgery of the SpleenBanti's syndrome following prolonged infectious hepatitisThe Differential Diagnosis of Splenomegaly of AdultsStudies on hepato-lienal cirrhosis in Eastern Mediterranean countriesBantische Krankheit und Bantische Syndrome 1 August 1940Volume 14, Issue 2Page: 255-262KeywordsAnemiaHospital medicineLiverLiver diseasesPathogenesisSpleenSplenomegalySurgeonsToxic agents ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...