Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
Korean Circ J. 2013 Oct;43(10):705-9. doi: 10.4070/kcj.2013.43.10.705. Epub 2013 Oct 30.
Situs inversus of the abdominal organs in the presence of normally placed heart on the left side of the thorax is known as situs inversus with isolated levocardia. This rare condition is commonly associated with severe congenital defects of the heart. We report a case of situs inversus with levocardia in a 19-year-old asymptomatic male patient with completely normal heart on the left chest. Spiral computed tomography of the thorax and abdomen and echocardiographic studies revealed situs inversus of abdominal organs, normal heart (levocardia), mirrored left lungs, a midline liver, a left-sided inferior vena cava connecting to the right atrium, multiple splenic masses in the abdominal right upper quadrant, and aneurysmal dilatation of a splenic artery.
腹部器官的 situs inversus 伴心脏位于左侧胸腔,即 situs inversus with isolated levocardia。这种罕见情况通常与严重的先天性心脏缺陷有关。我们报告了一例 situs inversus with levocardia 的病例,患者为 19 岁无症状男性,左侧胸腔完全正常,心脏位于左侧。胸部和腹部螺旋 CT 及超声心动图检查显示腹部器官 situs inversus、正常心脏(左心)、镜像左肺、中线肝脏、左侧下腔静脉连接右心房、右上腹部多个脾脏肿块和脾动脉瘤样扩张。