2017-04-01
Incidentally detected asplenia in a healthy 64-year-old female live kidney donor
Publication
Publication
Oxford Medical Case Reports , Volume 2017 - Issue 4 p. 47- 49
Heterotaxia syndromes are rare birth defects which can result in developmental malformations. A 64-year-old woman presented to the hospital for preoperative screening for kidney donation; during which she was found to have no gallbladder and no spleen, without any signs of surgical removal. This could be a new description of a heterotaxia syndrome.
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| doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx012, hdl.handle.net/1765/99981 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Wolff, L.D. (Leoniek D.), Nijboer, M.N. (Mijntje N.), van de Wetering, J., & Dor, F. (2017). Incidentally detected asplenia in a healthy 64-year-old female live kidney donor. Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2017(4), 47–49. doi:10.1093/omcr/omx012 |
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