Table 2

Comorbidities and reasons for nonsplenectomy at inclusion of the 72 patients in this CUP

Specialtyn
Comorbidity  
Cardiology  
    Anti-platelet–aggregating agent* 
    Arterial hypertension 
    Anticoagulant therapy* 
    Lower limb arteritis 
    Carotid stenosis 
    Coronary disease 
    Previous myocardial infarction 
    Previous venous thromboembolism 
    Cardiac arrhythmia 
Endocrinology  
    Diabetes* 
    Obesity* 
    Hypothyroidism 
    Graves disease 
Hematology  
    Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance 
    Autoimmune hemolytic anemia 
Hepatology  
    Chronic alcoholism 
    Cirrhosis 
    Liver allograft 
Neurology  
    Epilepsy 
    Alzheimer dementia* 
    Prior stroke 
    Central demyelinating disease* 
    Huntington disease* 
    Intracranial cavernoma 
    Parkinson disease 
Oncology  
    Breast cancer 
    Prostate cancer 
    Skin cancer 
    Uterine cancer 
    Ampullary cancer 
Psychiatry  
    Bipolar disorder 
    Depression 
Miscellaneous  
    Biermer disease 
    End-stage renal failure with dialysis* 
    Previous pulmonary aspergillosis 
    Sjögren syndrome 
Specialtyn
Comorbidity  
Cardiology  
    Anti-platelet–aggregating agent* 
    Arterial hypertension 
    Anticoagulant therapy* 
    Lower limb arteritis 
    Carotid stenosis 
    Coronary disease 
    Previous myocardial infarction 
    Previous venous thromboembolism 
    Cardiac arrhythmia 
Endocrinology  
    Diabetes* 
    Obesity* 
    Hypothyroidism 
    Graves disease 
Hematology  
    Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance 
    Autoimmune hemolytic anemia 
Hepatology  
    Chronic alcoholism 
    Cirrhosis 
    Liver allograft 
Neurology  
    Epilepsy 
    Alzheimer dementia* 
    Prior stroke 
    Central demyelinating disease* 
    Huntington disease* 
    Intracranial cavernoma 
    Parkinson disease 
Oncology  
    Breast cancer 
    Prostate cancer 
    Skin cancer 
    Uterine cancer 
    Ampullary cancer 
Psychiatry  
    Bipolar disorder 
    Depression 
Miscellaneous  
    Biermer disease 
    End-stage renal failure with dialysis* 
    Previous pulmonary aspergillosis 
    Sjögren syndrome 

A total of 45 of 72 (62.5%) patients with any comorbidity.

*

Reasons declared as contraindications to splenectomy by treating physicians.

The cancers of all patients included in this CUP were in complete remission.