Learning indications for splenectomy

ABSTRACT

Some major conditions that related to indication of splenectomy are 1. Rupture; 2. Abscess; 3. Tumors and cysts; 4. Artery aneurysm; 5. Displacement of spleen; 6. Bone marrow failure; 7. Faconi’s anemia; 8. Diamond-Blackfan’s anemia; 9. Gaucher’s disease; 10. Hemolytic anemia; 11. Essential trombocytopenia hemorrhage. 12. Felty syndrome; 13. Essential myelodysplasia; 14. Hairy leucocyte disease; 15. Hodgkin disease. Indications included splenectomy for diagnosis and for treatment and splenectomy for cases of spleen enlargement with spleen hyperactivity syndrome.