International Medical Case Reports Journal (Oct 2022)
Infantile Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis and Polysplenia: A Case Report
Abstract
Abdullahi Yusuf Ali,1 Ahmet Biyikli,1 Abdishakur Mohamed Abdi,1 Ilkay Guler2 1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Somalia Turkish Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; 2General Directorate of Public Hospitals, Ministry of Health of Republic of Turkiye, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence: Abdullahi Yusuf Ali, Tel +252615474485, Email [email protected]: The infantile intestinal obstruction associated with situs inversus totalis and polysplenia is extremely rare, with only a few cases reported in the literature. Furthermore, the management of this association is complicated. We report a case of a 2-month-old boy with intestinal obstruction due to malrotation and volvulus with thin translucent omentum sac encasing the small intestine associated with situs inversus totalis, polysplenia, and pulmonary hypertension. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of situs inversus totalis with polysplenia, pulmonary hypertension, and intestinal obstruction due to malrotation and volvulus with thin translucent omentum sac encasing the small intestine.Keywords: situs inversus, polysplenia, dextrocardia, malrotation, midgut volvulus
