Histomorphological Pattern of Splenectomy Specimens - A Two Year Study in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital
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Sushma Jagadev, Chowdari Balaji, Suryakala Chappa, Padma Priya Balakrishnan, Sri Nagesh Etha, Bhagyalakshmi Atla
2020 Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare  
A BS T R A C T BACKGROUND The indications for splenectomy vary from one part of the country to the other. We wanted to evaluate the indications for splenectomy at a tertiary care centre in South India. METHODS An observational study was conducted in the Department of Pathology over a period of 2 years. 31 splenectomy specimens were analysed for histomorphological features. RESULTS Common indications were trauma spleen (38.70 %) and congestive splenomegaly (58.06 %). The common cause of
more » ... e splenomegaly was sickle cell anaemia. CONCLUSIONS Congestive splenomegaly was the commonest indication of splenectomy, followed by traumatic rupture.
doi:10.18410/jebmh/2020/388 fatcat:henfmj7ezjdbdjnlrsghdscfsy