BACKGROUND Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the commonest surgical procedures carried out in the world today. Occasionally patients present with undiagnosed situs inversus and acute cholecystitis. We discuss one such case and outline how the diagnosis was made and the pitfalls encountered during surgery and how they were overcome. CASE PRESENTATION A 32 year old female presented to our ...

Situs inversus, a rare congenital condition, is a complete mirror image of the thoracic and abdominal viscera, in which the positions of major visceral organs are reversed. Here, we report a case of a 6 year old boy who presented with abdominal pain in both the iliac fossae, fever and vomiting. Imaging studies showed situs inversus totalis and a provisional diagnosis of acute appendicitis was m...

We present a 24-year-old lady who reported at the radiology department, UBTH Benin City for a chest radiograph, as part of her pre-employment medical examination. She was asymptomatic, her past medical history was not significant and physical examination revealed an apex beat located on the 5th right intercoastal space. The chest radiograph confirmed dextrocardia and also revealed the gastric a...

Aim: The aim of this study was to report a case of dextrocardia with Situs inversus totalis. Case History and Observation: A nine-year-old male Cocker Spaniels dog was referred for cardiologic evaluation due to non-productive cough. Thoracic radiography and ultrasound examination showed the reversed position not only of the heart but also of the abdominal organs such as liver and gallbladder, s...

We report a rare case of a female patient with situs inversus totalis. She developed cholelithiasis which was diagnosed on abdominal ultrasound and she underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the left sided gall bladder. The literature on this subject is reviewed. We want to highlight the important aspects of the management in such rare scenario.

Situs inversus totalis in the pediatric population is a rare laterality defect characterized by a complete mirror-image reversal of the normal anatomy. The association with hepatic malignancies has been rarely described in the literature. Because of the complex anatomy, multidisciplinary approach and adequate pre-operative planning are crucial in order to understand the hepatic anatomy.

Situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the mirror-image position of abdominal and thoracic organs, heart compared to their normal anatomical position. The estimated prevalence situs in general population ranges from 1:6500 1:25000. can be associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia, structural abnormalities heart, anomalies visceral clinical picture depends on anoma...

Situs viscerum inversus totalis is a rare disorder presenting with complete transposition of thoracic and abdominal viscera. It is associated with certain organ anomalies, but it is not a predisposing factor to cholecystolithiasis. To date, fewer than 100 cholecystectomies in patients with situs inversus have been published worldwide. We report a case of a 75-year-old woman referred to our hosp...