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Case Reports
. 2008 Mar 14;2(1):116-20.
doi: 10.1159/000119713.

ERCP in total situs viscerum inversus

F Fiocca  1 , G Donatelli, V Ceci, F Cereatti, F Romagnoli, L Simonelli, C Modini
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Case Reports

ERCP in total situs viscerum inversus

F Fiocca et al. Case Rep Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

A 69-year-old cholecystectomized female with known total situs viscerum inversus presented recurrent colicky pain in the left upper abdominal quadrant and jaundice. Laboratory parameters showed increased neutrophils and coniugated bilirubin of 5.53 mg/dl. US and MRCP confirmed total situs viscerum inversus and a dilatation of the intra- and extrahepatic ducts with a peripapillary 13 mm stone. ERCP, sphincterotomy and successful common bile duct stone extraction were performed in the conventional way. ERCP was carried out successfully despite situs inversus maintaining the patient in the prone position with the endoscopist on the right side of the table. Some authors have reported similar cases in whom ERCP was performed in other positions, while this report shows that an experienced endoscopist can achieve the same results in the conventional way as it is possible when anatomical changes, Billroth II or Roux-en-Y, or different positions of the patient, supine or on the left side, are present.

Keywords: Bile duct stones; ERCP; Endoscopic sphincterotomy; Total situs viscerum inversus.

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MRI: dilated common bile duct with impacted stone 1.3 cm, polycystic left kidney.
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Control of the position of the side-view endoscope in the second duodenal portion.
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a Cholangiography and common bile duct cannulation with the instrument in the short position. b Stone extraction with Dormia basket.
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