Demeter J, Pálóczi K, Vargha P, Lehoczky D
National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Budapest, Hungary.
Blut. 1990 Jun;60(6):331-3. doi: 10.1007/BF01737847.
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.