6. Malignant conditions
Splenectomy can be performed in malignant conditions either for diagnostic or therapeutic measures. Diagnostic measures are to confirm the presence of malignancy in the splenic tissue which affects the disease therapeutic plan and outcome.
Malignant conditions that need splenectomy include: Hairy cell leukemia, Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as well as other myeloproliferative disorders like polycythemia vera and chronic myeloid leukemia.