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Coexisting Situs Inversus Totalis and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Kemal Gundogdu1, Fatih Altintoprak2, Mustafa Yener Uzunoğlu1
1Department of General Surgery, Sakarya University Research and Educational Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
Abstract:
Situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital abnormality with mirror symmetry of mediastinal and abdominal organs. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disease with destruction of thrombocytes. This paper is presentation of surgical approach to a case with coexistence of these two conditions.
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