Left-sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis

Yuki Otsuka; Ruiko Hayashi; Shinichi Urano; Akihide Yashima; Yasuo Nanba; Fumio Otsuka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3734

Left-sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis

Yuki Otsuka, Ruiko Hayashi, Shinichi Urano, Akihide Yashima, Yasuo Nanba, Fumio Otsuka

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Abstract

Situs inversus may mimic the pain localization of acute abdomen. In patients with acute abdomen, especially elderly patients who are medically healthy, physicians should cautiously diagnose the etiology of acute abdomen in combination with imaging studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1791-1792
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Case Reports
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3734
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021

Keywords

appendicitis
diagnosis
image
situs inversus totalis

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Medicine(all)

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Left-sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis

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