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In the course of a post-splenectomy follow-up study, 2 out of 102 patients who had been splenectomized after an abdominal trauma were found to have developed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia 5 and 31 years after splenectomy, respectively. The possible association between splenectomy and secondary leukaemia is discussed.
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Demeter, J., Pálóczi, K., Vargha, P. et al. Development of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia after posttraumatic splenectomy. Blut 60, 331–333 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01737847
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