Splenectomy is indicated in?: (A) Spherocytosis, (B) Pyropoikilosis, (C) Elliptocytosis, (D) All
Answer is D. Ans. d (All). (Ref. Harrison, Principles of Medicine, 16th ed., 629)INDICATIONS FOR SPLENECTOMY# Trauma# Oncological (Part of enbloc resection/ therapeutic)# Hypersplenism - Portal hypertension & variceal surgery# Hematological- ITP- Hereditary spherocytosis- Hereditary Elliptocytosis- Hereditary pyropoikiolocytosis