Hepatocellular Carcinoma with HypersplenicThrombocytopenia and Situs InversusTotalis: A Case Report
2016
SITUS inversus totalis (SIT) is a complete mirrorimage of the thoracic and abdominal viscera,occurring at an incidence of 1 in 5000-20 000live births.1, 2 It is supposed to originate from anabnormal rotation of the cardiac tube during embryogenesis.Although SIT is a congenital anomaly, most of patients aredetected accidentally at the time of radiological investigation.Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is usually associated withliver cirrhosis and portal hypertension in Chinese. Presenceof hypersplenic thrombocytopenia is a common consequenceof long-term portal hypertension in cirrhoticpatients.
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