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. 2008 Dec 12;1(1):391.
doi: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-391.

A case of gastric cancer associated to situs inversus totalis

El Bachir Benjelloun  1 , Fatima Ezzahra Zahid, Abdelmalek Ousadden, Khalid Mazaz, Khalid Ait Taleb
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A case of gastric cancer associated to situs inversus totalis

El Bachir Benjelloun et al. Cases J. .

Abstract

The situs inversus is a rare congenital anomaly, which is a more or less complete inversion of the abdominal and thoracic organs. We report a case of 70 years old man, without pathological antecedents complaining about epigastric pains associated to haematemesis, and whose gastric endoscopy objectified a gastric tumor. The pulmonary x-ray and the abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed the previously unrecognized situs inversus totalis. A subtotal gastrectomy was performed and patient had an uneventful postoperative course.

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Figure 1
Chest X-ray demonstrating dextracardia.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computer tomogram of abdomen. Tumor thickened antrum gastric wall and situs inversus totalis.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Laparotomy confirmed that the patient had situs inversus totalis.
Figure 4
Figure 4
The open resected specimen with antrum tumor.
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