Ascending Colon Cancer in a Patient with Situs Inversus

Abstract

Presented during Poster Grand Rounds at the Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course Program, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Savannah, GA, February 10–13, 2007.

Colorectal cancer and situs inversus totalis: case report

“…The extent of evaluation should be based on the complexity of the procedure. Anomalies should be defined by using various imaging technologies to determine appropriate surgical treatment and decrease surgical difficulties and time 4 , 5 . Furthermore, the risk of occurrence of intra-operative complications is higher in comparison with the procedures of patients without situs inversus totalis 1 .…”

“…This condition is typically associated with normal life expectancy unless a gastrointestinal or cardiac anomaly is present 2 , 8 . The typical cardiac anomaly has from 3-5% incidence, is transposition of the great vessels, and 80% of these patients have a right sided aortic arch 5 . Other vascular anomalies are variation of celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery 4 .…”

“…Other vascular anomalies are variation of celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery 4 . There are also anomalies of the gastrointestinal system to include biliary tree atresia, duodenal atresia, preduodenal portal vein, colonic aganglionosis, malrotation of the intestine, polysplenia/asplenia, anular pancreas, diaphragmatic hernia and others 4 , 5 . Moreover, it may be associated with clinical syndromes, like Kartagener's (situs inversus, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchiectasias) 14 .…”