Giant dumbbell-shaped gastroenteric cyst presenting with total situs inversus.
We present a case of an 8-month-old boy with total situs inversus, who had a giant dumbbell-shaped gastroenteric cyst. The concurrence of these entities has never been reported previously. The cyst occupied a large space in the mediastinum and involved both hemithoraces.
Akal
Murat
M
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. akal@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
Dikmen
Erkan
E
Sertçelik
Ayşe
A
Dizbaysak
Serpil
S
D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging