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Laparoscopic treatment of accessory splenic tissue
1Department of Surgery, University of Istanbul School of Medicine, Turkey.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
|August 1, 1996
Abstract:
A case of persistent thrombocytopenia after open splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura is presented. The accessory splenic tissue found by CT preoperatively was successfully treated using a laparoscopic technique. The management of this first case in the world literature of accessory splenic tissue is reviewed.