title: Emergency splenectomy in hairy cell leukemia.
abstract: The role of splenectomy in the treatment of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) is now well established. There are however some particular situations which indicate splenectomy as a possible emergency therapy in markedly cytopenic cases with severe antibiotic-resistant infections. The aim of the emergency splenectomy in such conditions is to temporarily increase neutrophils and to permit the improvement of the infectious disease. We describe 2 cases of HCL with severe infectious disease, successfully splenectomized.
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy