Table 1

Current indications for splenectomy in hematologic disorders

Hereditary spherocytosis 
Other hereditary hemolytic anemias (eg, stomatocytosis, pyropoikilocytosis, pyruvate kinase deficiency) 
Sickle cell disease 
Thalassemia major or intermedia 
Immune thrombocytopenia 
Myeloproliferative disorders 
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia 
Hypersplenism 
Lymphoproliferative disorders 
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 
Hereditary spherocytosis 
Other hereditary hemolytic anemias (eg, stomatocytosis, pyropoikilocytosis, pyruvate kinase deficiency) 
Sickle cell disease 
Thalassemia major or intermedia 
Immune thrombocytopenia 
Myeloproliferative disorders 
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia 
Hypersplenism 
Lymphoproliferative disorders 
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura