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Reasons
for Splenectomy
(spleen removal)
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| Bleeding
from the spleen |
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- Trauma
- Injury
of the spleen during operations on other organs
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| Hematological
disorders (Blood diseases) |
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- Idiopathic
thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
- Hereditary
spherocytosis
- Idiopathic
autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Felty's
syndrome
- Thalassemia
- Sarcoidosis
- Sickle
cell disease
- Gaucher's
disease
- Congenital
and acquired hemolytic anemia
- Thrombotic
thrombocytopenic purpura
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| Malignant
(Cancerous) conditions |
- Removal
of splenic mass to determine if mass is malignant
- Hodgkin's
lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma
- Hairy
cell leukemia
- Lymphoproliferative
disorders
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| Miscellaneous |
- Splenic
artery aneurysm
- Splenic
cysts
- Splenic
abscesses
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