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Interested to know if people with sickle cell anemia usually get splenectomies?

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Dr. Aniket Saha answered

Specializes in Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology

Sometimes: Occasionally patients with sickle cell disease will have a splenectomy. It usually occurs if the spleen gets to large and it is life-threatening.

Answered 2/22/2015

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