Situs Viscerum Specularis in Monozygotic Twins

Gedda, L; Sciacca, A; Brenci, G.; Villatico, S.; Bonanni, Guglielmo; Gueli, N.; Talone, C.

doi:10.1017/s0001566000007546

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“…This has been reported in the chest, [24,25] in which mirror-image twins had chest tumors on the opposite sides, as well as in urologic situations [26,27] (in which mirror-image monozygotic twins simultaneously present with posterior urethral valves on opposite sides with respective hydronephrosis, necessitating reimplantation of the ureter into the bladder diverticulum for both twins). Situs inversus has also been reported in the heart [28].…”

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Mirror-Image Identical Twins Presenting in Mirror-Image Hip Cysts: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Song¹,

Song²,

Shim³

et al. 2013

Rheumatol Curr Res

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One-third of twins are monozygotic. Of monozygotic twins, 25% of them are mirror images. Mirror-imaging occurs when pathologic conditions are present on opposite sides of the body. This is the first case report of mirror-image identical twins with opposite hip pain that were found to have small cysts of the femoral head on opposite hips.Case presentation: 38 year-old mirror-image Asian female identical twins presented with hip pain on opposite sides. MRI demonstrated a 4 mm cyst of the anterior aspect of the left hip, the femoral head and neck junction, with a herniation pit on opposite sides. The right-handed twin had the cyst on the right hip, and the left-handed twin had the cyst on the left hip. Conclusion:Mirror-image pathology in mirror-image monozygotic twins suggests possible cytogenetic factors involved in the etiology of various medical problems. If an identical twin presents with a medical problem, it may be recommended to perform a medical diagnostic work-up on the other twin.

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Mirror-Image Identical Twins Presenting in Mirror-Image Hip Cysts: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Song¹,

Song²,

Shim³

et al. 2013

Rheumatol Curr Res

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“…Situs inversus dextrocardia is situs inversus totalis because of the cardiac position as well as the atrial chambers and reversed abdominal viscera. [1,2,3,8,9,10] Cardiac situs is determined by the location of the atria. In both situs solitus and situs inversus, the ventricles may present in two positions.…”

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Situs Inversus Totalis - A Rare Case Report

Patange¹,

Bahulekar²,

Prajapati³

et al. 2017

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BACKGROUNDA 60 years old previously asymptomatic female was admitted with accelerated hypertension and she was incidentally found to have mirror images of normal anatomical organs in chest and abdomen called situs inversus totalis. Situs inversus totalis is a congenital anomaly characterized by transposition of abdominal viscera associated with dextrocardia. Complete situs inversus is a rare syndrome of autosomal recessive inheritance. The anatomic, pathologic, embryologic and aetiology of complete situs inversus and related abnormalities are presented in this case with special emphasis to genetic correlation.

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“…It affects 0.001 % to 0.01 % people with a male to female ratio of 3:2 (5). Situs inversus is generally an autosomal recessive genetic condition, although it can be X-linked or found in identical "mirror" twins (6). Situs inversus totalis is accompanied with different diseases; Toros and friends showed that salivary gland choristoma of the middle ear in a child with situs inversus totalis (7).…”

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Wilson Disease with Situs Inversus Totalis

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Situs inversus is a positional anomaly that rotates the abdominal internal visceria and when it is associated with transposition of the thoracic organs it is called situs inversus totalis. Wilson disease (or hepatolenticular degeneration) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease of human copper metabolism, which causes hepatic and neuropsychiatric symptoms. We describe a case reportof situs inversus totalis with Wilson disease, which is the first case to our knowledge.

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Situs Viscerum Specularis in Monozygotic Twins

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Mirror-Image Identical Twins Presenting in Mirror-Image Hip Cysts: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mirror-Image Identical Twins Presenting in Mirror-Image Hip Cysts: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Situs Inversus Totalis - A Rare Case Report

Wilson Disease with Situs Inversus Totalis

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