title: A patient with situs inversus totalis and lung cancer-a rare combination.
abstract: Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare clinical entity which is characterized by a complete reverse anatomy of the thoracic cage and abdomen. There are a few reports of patients with SIT and lung cancer. The number of the cases that have been treated surgically is also very small. We report a case of an 80 years old patient who underwent left lower lobectomy after staging with uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and mediastinoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grapatsas
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piyis
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Neofotistos
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Zoi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tsilogianni
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Oncology Unit, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paliouras
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gogakos
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barbetakis
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Oncology Unit, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Organtzis
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Oncology Unit, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kioumis
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Oncology Unit, "G. Papanikolaou" General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Porpodis
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic I, "Fuerth" Hospital, University of Erlangen, Fuerth, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hohenforst-Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Ear, Nose and Throat Department, `"Saint Luke" Private Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karapantzos
authors.affiliation: Ear, Nose and Throat Department, `"Saint Luke" Private Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Chrysa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karapantzou
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Department, "Saint Luke" Private Hospital, Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Kosmas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsakiridis
authors.affiliation: Second Pulmonary Clinic, "Sotiria" Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Aggeliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rapti
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charalampidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaselouris
keywords: Situs inversus totalis (SIT); lobectomy; non-small cell lung cancer; uniportal VATS; video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)