Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2019)

Situs inversus Totalis: Always recall the uncommon

  • Gregory Tsoucalas,
  • Vasilios Thomaidis,
  • Aliki Fiska

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2433
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 12
pp. 2575 – 2576

Abstract

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Abstract Situs inversus totalis has been reported as a rare entity. The detailed knowledge of the human structure and its anatomical variations is of great importance for the daily clinical practice and even more critical in emergency medicine. Such a condition may elude in routine patient evaluation or an urgent interventional procedure, with potentially fatal results.

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