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Article1 February 1963Postsplenectomy ThrombocytosisDONALD M. HAYES, M.D., CHARLES L. SPURR, M.D., F.A.C.P., LUCILLE W. HUTAFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., JAMES A. SHEETS, M.D.DONALD M. HAYES, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES L. SPURR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LUCILLE W. HUTAFF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JAMES A. SHEETS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-58-2-259 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPostsplenectomy thrombocytosis is a complication of splenectomy about which there is little published information. Our purpose is to review the literature concerning this problem, to present data from 3 cases encountered within the past 2 years, and to discuss how these data indicate that this entity should be better known.In 1923, Rosenthal (1) pointed out that there were 2 groups into which patients with "Banti's disease" could be divided. One is the thrombocytopenic group in whom platelets are diminished before splenectomy, followed by a transient rise and then a fall to normal values following splenectomy. The second group he...
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