title: Symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm and "situs viscerum inversus." Diagnostic and therapeutic approach.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Terapie Avanzate, University of Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Occhionorelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Navarra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carcoforo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pollinzi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mascoli
mesh_terms: 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*