Medicine – MCQ 147 – Splenectomy

In which of the following conditions Splenectomy is not useful?
A. Herediatary spherocytosis
B. Porphyria
C. Thalassemia
D. Sickle cell disease with large spleen

Correct answer : B. Porphyria

Splenectomy has little role in the management of porphyria

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