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Overview
Guidelines for splenectomy include:
- Congenital or acquired hemolytic anemia
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenia
- Trauma to the spleen
- Lymphoma, leukemia, Hodgkin's disease
- Portal hypertension and hypersplenism
- Hereditary spherocytosis
Review Date 3/11/2023
Updated by: Debra G. Wechter, MD, FACS, General Surgery Practice Specializing in Breast Cancer, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.