Acute Appendicitis in Situs Inversus Totalis

Left-sided Acute Appendicitis with Situs Inversus Totalis: Review of 63 Published Cases and Report of Two Cases

“…Incidence of situs anomalies reported in the literature varies from 0.001% to 0.01% in the general population 7,25 . The incidence of acute appendicitis asociated with situs inversus totalis is reported between 0.016% and 0.024% 25,26,32 .…”

“…In our cases, we diagnosed this anomaly by a chest radiography and an abdominal USG. Diagnosis of SIT or MM for the most of patients in preoperative period has been easier to achieve after 1985 when USG and CT were introduced into the medical practice, while in the previous years diagnosis was established on intraoperative findings or with postoperative barium enema studies in some patients; even enlargement of incision or a further incision was required 1,2,[4][5][6][11][12][13][20][21][22][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] . In the light of these results, despite the fact that physicians' clinical suspicion is a gold standard, the risk for false diagnosis is considerably reduced with the effective use of radiological diagnostic methods.…”

Management of Acute Appendicitis and Left Paraovarian Cyst in a Case of Situs Inversus Totalis by Laparoscopy

“…The incidence of acute appendicitis associated with SIT is reported to be between 0.016 and 0.024%. 2,3 Laparoscopy is a valuable tool in surgeon's hand in case of SIT with acute abdomen, which provides confirmatory and definitive surgery of involved pathology. 4 To the best of our knowledge, there are no reported cases of acute abdomen due to acute appendicitis associated with left paraovarian hemorrhagic cyst in patients with SIT.…”

Choledochal cyst in situs inversus totalis: Hitherto unreported association

“…When this anomalous condition is associated with dextrocardia, it is known as situs inversus totalis. The earliest documented description of situs inversus totalis with dextrocardia is found in 1643 from the anatomist surgeon Marco Aurelio [1][2][3] . It is a rare condition with its incidence reported variably as 1-2/10,000 normal population.…”

“…It is a rare condition with its incidence reported variably as 1-2/10,000 normal population. The mode of transmission is autosomal recessive; however the exact etiology continues to remain elusive [3][4][5] .…”