title: [Removal of Choledocholith by Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in a Situs Invsersus Patient].
abstract: Situs inversus is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disease with left-right inversion of internal organs. It carries technical difficulties in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. There have been a few case reports on stone extraction by ERCP in situs inversus patients. ERCP techniques in situs inversus can be classified into conventional method and mirror image method. In mirror image method, the procedure is performed with the patient in the right lateral decubitus position and the endoscopist on the patient's left side. Until now, there is no consensus about which method is better. Herein, we report an unusual case of choledocholithiasis in a patient with situs inversus who underwent ERCP for stone extraction by both conventional method and mirror image method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Kyu
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Soo Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Myung Hi
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Sangwon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Nari
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Choledocholithiasis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Situs inversus