Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Ban·ti's disease Pronunciation:
"bänt-Ez- Function:
noun : a disorder characterized by congestion and great enlargement of the spleenusually accompanied by anemia, leukopenia, and cirrhosis of the liver called also
Banti's syndrome Banáti,#
/'bän-tE,/ Guido (1852–1925), Italianphysician. Banti was one of the most eminent Italian pathologists of the early 20th century. In addition to being a pathologist he was also a capable clinician, histologist, and bacteriologist. As ananatomist he added to the knowledge of aphasia, and as a bacteriologist studied the pathogenesis of infectious diseases caused by bacteria. His most important medical contributions were in the study ofthe pathology of the spleen and of leukemia. In 1894 he described the spleen disorder that is now known as Banti's disease or Banti's syndrome. In 1913 he composed a basic definition of leukemia thatstill stands.
