The Pan African Medical Journal (Apr 2021)

Choledochal cyst and aberrant biliary configuration along with situs inversus totalis: a case report

  • David Eng Yeow Gan,
  • Dinesh Alagoo,
  • Kheng Hooi Chan,
  • Rebecca Xin Yee Choi,
  • Harivinthan Sellappan,
  • Mohd Sharifudin Sharif,
  • Firdaus Hayati

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.398.29228
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 398

Abstract

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Situs inversus totalis is the complete transpositioning of thoracoabdominal viscera into a mirror image of the normal configuration. Choledochal cyst is the congenital cystic dilation of the biliary tract. Both these conditions coexisting in a patient is extremely rare. We hereby present a case of type IC choledochal cyst in a patient with situs inversus totalis presenting with biliary sepsis secondary to choledocholithiasis. Also detailed are the management and operative strategies employed to deal with this rare entity.

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