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Situs inversus Medicine Appendicitis Acute appendicitis General surgery Intestinal malrotation Surgery Radiology

Van Trung Hoang , The Huan Hoang , Hoai T Vo , Vichit Chansomphou ·

YOU? · · 2023 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjad134 · OA: W4324130555

Left-sided appendicitis is usually caused by situs inversus totalis or midgut malrotation. Clinical and imaging diagnoses have been presented relatively fully in the literature. However, this is a rare condition, and each related case should be further reported to help the day-to-day clinician better investigate and understand. Therefore, in this paper, we present a case of left-sided acute appendicitis in an adult male patient with situs inversus totalis. In addition, we also discuss the laparoscopic technique of the left-sided appendectomy as it is technically more difficult because of the mirror nature of the anatomy.