Cembraneli Pedro Nogarotto, Ambrogi Gabriel, Cavalcante Julia Brasileiro de Faria, Raphe Raphael, Luporini Rafael Luís
Medical Sciences Course, Health Sciences School, Faculdade Ceres (FACERES), São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil.
Medical Sciences Course, Health Sciences School, Universidade Metropolitana de Santos (UNIMES), Santos, SP, Brazil.
Case Rep Surg. 2020 Feb 27;2020:8716474. doi: 10.1155/2020/8716474. eCollection 2020.
Situs inversus totalis is a congenital syndrome characterized by a total left-right transposition of all abdominal and thoracic organs. It may be associated with chronic respiratory conditions such as sinusitis and bronchiectasis, composing the Kartagener syndrome. If not detected, this condition may compromise the early diagnosis of surgical emergencies such as cholecystitis and appendicitis. A rare case of appendicitis in a patient with Kartagener syndrome is here reported.
完全性内脏反位是一种先天性综合征,其特征为所有腹部和胸部器官发生完全的左右转位。它可能与鼻窦炎和支气管扩张等慢性呼吸道疾病相关,构成卡塔格内综合征。如果未被检测到,这种情况可能会影响胆囊炎和阑尾炎等外科急症的早期诊断。本文报告了一例卡塔格内综合征患者患阑尾炎的罕见病例。