title: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with empyema of the gallbladder and situs inversus.
abstract: The successful performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a patient with situs inversus viscerum and empyema of the gallbladder is reported. The 62-year-old man presented with pain in the left upper quadrant associated with fever, chills, nausea and vomiting. The abdomen was tender with guarding and a palpable globular mass in the same region. CT scan demonstrated a distended gallbladder with thick shaggy walls which contained a 2 cm gallstone in the neck and also revealed dextrocardia and situs inversus. The patient's postoperative recovery was uneventful.
authors: Department of Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Goh
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Tekant
authors: N S
authors: NS
authors: Shang
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Ngoi
mesh_terms: D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications*