Laparosc Endosc Surg Sci . 2017; 24(3): 99-100 | DOI: 10.14744/less.2017.07379

The rare reason of left upper quadrant pain: symptomatic cholelitiasis in a situs inversus totalis case

Hasan Calis, Serdar Sahin, Serif Melih Karabeyoglu, Nuraydin Ozlem
Department of General Surgery, Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kýrþehir, Turkey

Situs inversus totalis is rare embryologic anomaly. The diagnosis is usually made incidentally at some point in life during examination for other diseases. In these cases, it is usually difficult diagnose cholelithiasis during clinical admission as the pain is usually located in the left hypocondrium. Presently described is the case of a patient who was diagnosed symptomatic cholelithiasis with situs inversus totalis.

Keywords: Abdominal pain, cholelithiasis, situs inversus totalis.

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Sol Üst Kadran Aðrýsýnýn Nadir Sebebi: Situs Ýnversus Totalis Olan Olguda Semptomatik Kolelitiyazis

Hasan Calis, Serdar Sahin, Serif Melih Karabeyoglu, Nuraydin Ozlem
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Týp Fakültesi, Genel Cerrahi Ana Bilim Dalý, Kýrþehir

Situs inversus totalis is rare embryologic anomaly. The diagnosis is usually made incidentally at a point in life during examinations for other diseases. In such cases, it is usually difficult diagnose cholelithiasis during clinical admission as the pain is usually located in the left hypocondrium. In this paper, we presented a patient who diagnosed symptomatic cholelithiasis with situs inversus totalis.

Anahtar Kelimeler: karýn aðrýsý, kolelitiyazis, situs inversus totalis

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