Acute abdomen in a patient with situs inversus. A case report.
The case of a man with situs inversus who presented with acute abdomen is reported. Acute left-sided appendicitis was considered before operation, but at laparotomy an omental abscess of unknown aetiology was drained. The appendix, localized in the left iliac fossa, was removed but was normal on histological examination.
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications*