title: Situs inversus with dextrocardia in a mummy case.
abstract: A mummy of a young woman, who died due to tuberculous peritonitis and salpingitis, is conserved in the Pathological Anatomy Museum of the University of Padua. It was found at autopsy to have situs inversus of viscera with dextrocardia, apparently in the absence of other congenital defects. A 64-section scanner computed tomography (CT) on the specimen was carried out to investigate the internal condition of organs. The CT revealed the presence in the heart of a muscular ventricular septal defect and of calcific deposits on visceral pericardium and aortic wall, in keeping with sequelae of previous tuberculous pericarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Science, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanatta
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zampieri
authors.forename: Maurizio Rippa
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bonati
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frescura
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scattolin
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stramare
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thiene
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D001344:Autopsy; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D009106:Mummies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010495:Pericarditis, Tuberculous / Q000473:pathology; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000473:pathology; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014384:Tuberculosis, Female Genital / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Dextrocardia; Mummy; Situs inversus; Ventricular septal defect