A Case of Left-Sided Acute Appendicitis in a 45-Year-Old Man with Situs Inversus Totalis Managed by Emergent Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Lord Mvoula,
Tarek Khrisat,
Meno Lueders
Abstract:Patient: Male, 45-year-old
Final Diagnosis: Acute appendicitis – left sided
Symptoms: Left lower quadrant abdominal pain • nausea • non bilious non bloody emesis
Clinical Procedure: Laparoscopic appendicectomy
Specialty: Surgery
Objective:
Congenital defects/diseases
Background:
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital abnormality that includes mirror-image transposition of both the abdominal and the … Show more
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