SURGICAL LAPAROSCOPY & ENDOSCOPY, cilt.6, sa.4, ss.330-331, 1996 (SCI-Expanded)
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.