Asymtomatic primary lymphoma of the spleen

Primary lymphoma of the spleen is a infrequent pathology. It can be defined as a lymphomatous process involving the spleen alone or the spleen and splenic lymph nodes. We present a asymptomatic case in an 86 year-old woman that was as discovery a number high of the leukocytes and lymphocytes and low platelets after analytic pre operatory of cataract. After study immunologic and morphological of the lymphocytes you confirmed the suspicion of splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes. Min indication of the splenectomy in this patient was the one of to avoid the quick progression of the lymphocytosis and to correct the hipersplenism, data that it began to present. The histological exam confirmed the diagnosis of a