Looking in the mirror: situs inversus totalis
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Looking in the mirror: situs inversus totalis
A 50 year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with complaints of abdominal pain. His chest and abdomen X-rays demonstrated some unexpected findings: dextrocardia (A) and right-sided stomach bubble (B). Further evaluation of the patient revealed a urinary tract infection as the cause of his symptoms. Situs inversus totalis is defined as the complete inversion of the thoracic and abdom...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pan African Medical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.87.6139