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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the type and prevalance of abdominal ultrasonographic abnormalities except hepatosplenomegaly in patients with thalassemia major and thalassemia intermedia. MATERIAL and METHODS: Seventy-eight patients; 73 thalassemia major, 5 thalassemia intermedia followed in Denizli State Hospital Thalassemia Center were included in the study. The patients' ages ranged from 2 to 30 years, with 40 females, 38 males. RESULTS: The most frequent ultrasonografic findings were cholelithiasis (8.9%), accesory spleen (7.7%), hepatic grade I-II echogenity (2,6%), hepatic hemangioma (1.3%) and portal vein thrombosis (1.3%). One case was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease with coexisting nephrolitiasis and cholelithiasis. CONCLUSION: Abdominal ultrasonographic imaging of patients with thalassemia patients should be done regularly to prevent complications and for effective clinical observation.

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