A rare acute abdomen case: Acute appendicitis in a patient with situs inversus totalis
Özet
Abstract
Acute appendicitis is the most frequent disease requiring urgent surgery in the world. It may sometimes occur in
atypical locations, such as the lower left quadrant of the abdomen. If previously unknown, some conditions such as
situs inversus totalis make diagnosing acute appendicitis difficult. In those cases, surgeons primarily consider
diverticulitis, gynecological diseases, or urinary pathologies, which present with lower left quadrant pain. Direct
abdominal radiography, ultrasonography and computed tomography are the auxiliary imaging methods in the diagnosis
of the disease. Dextrocardia and the observation of the gastric fundus gas in the right quadrant in direct abdominal
radiograph are key features of situs inversus totalis. Considering the anatomical variation, laparoscopic exploration is
recommended in these patients. We hereby present a forty-eight-year-old female patient with situs inversus totalis who
was diagnosed with acute appendicitis.
Keywords: Acute appendicitis, Situs inversus totalis, Left lower quadrant pain, Computed tomography
Atıf için künye
YENİ, M., PEKSÖZ, R., DABLAN, A., & Dişçi, E. (2019). A rare acute abdomen case: Acute appendicitis in a patient with situs inversus totalis. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 3(10), 766–768. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.570128
BibTeX
@article{yeni2019-237627,
author = {YENİ, MUSTAFA and PEKSÖZ, RIFAT and DABLAN, ALİ and Dişçi, Esra},
title = {A rare acute abdomen case: Acute appendicitis in a patient with situs inversus totalis},
journal = {Journal of Surgery and Medicine},
year = {2019},
volume = {3},
number = {10},
pages = {766--768},
issn = {2602-2079},
doi = {10.28982/josam.570128},
url = {https://akademik.atauni.edu.tr/yayinlar/237627-a-rare-acute-abdomen-case-acute-appendicitis-in-a-patient-with-situs-inversus}
}