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Acute Cholecystitis in a Patient With Situs Inversus Totalis: An Unexpected Finding.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis: a case report and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Situs Inversus Partialis: An Incidental Discovery in a Young Patient with Obstructed Left Inguinal Hernia.Rwanda journal of medicine and health sciences · 2026Article
- Situs Inversus Totalis: Challenges and Anatomical Considerations in Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography.Cureus · 2025Article
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2025Article
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- A Case of Left-Sided Acute Appendicitis in a 45-Year-Old Man with Situs Inversus Totalis Managed by Emergent Laparoscopic Appendectomy.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- [Right-sided acute appendicitis in situs inversus totalis. Case report].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2024Article
- Situs inversus totalis in an asymptomatic adolescent - importance of patient education: A case report.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2023Article
- Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration to treat choledocholithiasis in situs inversus patients: A technical review.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Review
- Situs Inversus Totalis: A Clinical Review.International journal of general medicine · 2022Review
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) has an incidence in the general population of 1/10,000, with a female-male ratio of 1:1.5 without racial predilection. Clinically, SIT by itself tends to be asymptomatic; however, when it is associated with other conditions such as cholecystitis or appendicitis, the diagnosis may represent a challenge due to the reversed anatomical location of symptoms. This article presents a case of a 46-year-old female who arrived at the emergency department due to one week of non-bilious vomiting and colicky abdominal pain located in the left hypochondrium; therefore, abdominal ultrasonography was performed, showing transposition of abdominal organs associated with cholelithiasis plus acute cholecystitis. As a result, the patient was scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy, resulting in an appropriate post-surgical evolution, for which discharge was given with a general surgery control appointment. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with SIT represents a challenge due to the technical complexity derived from the transposition of the abdominal organs; therefore, the surgeon is forced to perform the procedure by placing three trocars with a specular approach plus the umbilical trocar.
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