case a, a 27-year-old iranian male and case b, a 22-year-old afghani male, both presented to the emergency department of shohadaye hafte-tir hospital with multiple traumas due to car accidents. neither was aware of his unusual anatomy. one case unaware two just right heart. both patients were referred to the imaging department for ct scans and some radiographic studies. we discovered they were ...

Situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital disorder where the heart being a mirror image is situated on the right side of the body. Distorted cardiac anatomy makes fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous mitral valvotomy (PMV) technically challenging and there are only few reports of PMV in situs inversus totalis. Here we report a case where PMV was successfully done for situs inversus totalis with ra...

To cite: Lakshman VB, Revannasiddaiah S, Ganganna R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013008611 DESCRIPTION Situs inversus totalis is a rare occurrence wherein the organs of an individual are ‘mirrored’ in position, with the right-sided organs swapping positions with the left. The thorax features the heart placed in the right hemithorax, with the l...

PATIENT Female, 68 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Gallbladder agenesis with situs inversus totalis Symptoms: Epigastric pain • jaundice MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Surgery. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Situs inversus totalis is an inherited condition characterized by the mirror-image transposition of thoracic and abdominal organs. Gallbladder agenesis, which has normal bile duct...

Dextrocardia is a cardiac positional anomaly in which the heart is located in the right hemithorax with its base-to-apex axis directed to the right and caudad. Situs inversus is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes organs in the chest and abdomen to be positioned in a mirror image from their normal position. Dextrocardia may occur in isolation or as part of situs inversus. Similarly, sit...

INTRODUCTION Situs Viscerum Inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare anomaly with genetic predisposition, in which organs are translated, completely or partially, on the opposite side of the body. Generally there are no organic dysfunctions. Situs Inversus can cause difficulties in the diagnostic and therapeutic management of abdominal diseases because of the mirror-like anatomy. On a clinical point of...

Situs inversus totalis is a relatively rare congenital anatomic anomaly in which there is complete right to left reversal (transposition) of the thoracic and abdominal organs The incidence of acute appendicitis with situs inversus totalis is between 0.016% and 0.024%. We present two cases of situs inversus totalis with acute appendicitis. Appendicectomy was performed on both patients as an emer...

We present the first case treated by hepatic segmentectomy in a 69-year-old woman with primary liver cancer and situs inversus totalis. The situs inversus did not cause any technical problems during the operation, which was conducted under guidance of intraoperative ultrasonography.

Acute cholecystitis is a common surgical problem; however, the diagnosis may be difficult when the patient has situs inversus, or mirror-image reversal of the organs. This case report discusses the clinical presentation, diagnosis, radiographic images, and surgical management of cholecystitis in the face of situs inversus totalis.