Symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm and "situs viscerum inversus." Diagnostic and therapeutic approach.
BACKGROUND
We report one case of symptomatic aneurysm of infrarenal abdominal aorta in a patient symptomatic for acute abdomen.


METHODS
The patient was accepted at the Emergency Care Unit and the routine admission tests were taken. US of the abdomen revealed a <<Situs Viscerum Inversus Totalis>> (SVI) disposition of the organs and an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta below the renal arteries. Patient underwent an aorto-aortic straight graft


CONCLUSIONS
In this case-report we show SVI cannot be considered a problem in the surgical treatment of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Occhionorelli
S
S
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Terapie Avanzate, University of Ferrara, Italy.
Navarra
G
G
Santini
M
M
Carcoforo
P
P
Sartori
A
A
Pollinzi
V
V
Mascoli
F
F
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications*