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A case of a 66 year old woman with situs inversus totalis who developed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as well as stomach cancer, is reported herein. The patient was successfully treated with a left hepatic lobectomy for the HCC and a B-I gastrectomy for the stomach cancer. Careful anatomical mapping made it possible to perform a combined resection of the liver and stomach in the presence of this congenital anomaly.
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Kim, Y.I., Tada, I., Kuwabara, A. et al. Double cancer of the liver and stomach with situs inversus totalis —A case report. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 19, 756–759 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471729
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