Vol 79, No 4 (2020)
Case report
Published online: 2020-01-07
Duplication of the spleen accompanied by multiple anomalies of the thorax and abdomen: a rare case
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Abstract
Duplication of the spleen, classified as a polysplenia syndrome, is a very rare anomaly. Polysplenia is a complex syndrome with a broad spectrum of abnormalities. Other abnormalities accompanying polysplenia have been previously reported. In this paper, we present a case of duplication of the spleen accompanied by multiple anomalies in the thorax and abdomen.
Keywords: spleenduplicationcomputed tomography
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