Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis

Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis

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.

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Main Authors: Yuki Otsuka, Ruiko Hayashi, Shinichi Urano, Akihide Yashima, Yasuo Nanba, Fumio Otsuka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-03-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
Subjects:
appendicitis
diagnosis
image
situs inversus totalis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3734
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spelling doaj-cad3fe493d4143f98c57131165c032692021-03-21T09:11:41ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042021-03-01931791179210.1002/ccr3.3734Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalisYuki Otsuka0Ruiko Hayashi1Shinichi Urano2Akihide Yashima3Yasuo Nanba4Fumio Otsuka5Department of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama JapanDepartment of Internal Medicine Kosei General Hospital Mihara JapanDepartment of Surgery Kosei General Hospital Mihara JapanDepartment of Surgery Kosei General Hospital Mihara JapanDepartment of Surgery Kosei General Hospital Mihara JapanDepartment of General Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama JapanAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3734appendicitisdiagnosisimagesitus inversus totalis
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author Yuki Otsuka
Ruiko Hayashi
Shinichi Urano
Akihide Yashima
Yasuo Nanba
Fumio Otsuka
spellingShingle Yuki Otsuka
Ruiko Hayashi
Shinichi Urano
Akihide Yashima
Yasuo Nanba
Fumio Otsuka
Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis
Clinical Case Reports
appendicitis
diagnosis
image
situs inversus totalis
author_facet Yuki Otsuka
Ruiko Hayashi
Shinichi Urano
Akihide Yashima
Yasuo Nanba
Fumio Otsuka
author_sort Yuki Otsuka
title Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis
title_short Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis
title_full Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis
title_fullStr Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis
title_full_unstemmed Left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis
title_sort left‐sided appendicitis due to situs inversus totalis
publisher Wiley
series Clinical Case Reports
issn 2050-0904
publishDate 2021-03-01
description 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.
topic appendicitis
diagnosis
image
situs inversus totalis
url https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3734
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