Department of Internal Medicine, Kathmandu City Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Department of Emergency Ward, Agrata Health Care, Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 Feb 15;60(246):196-199. doi: 10.31729/jnma.6825.
Dextrocardia is an unusual inherent positioning of the heart: during fetal life, the heart is flipped to the right side rather than the usual left side. Situs inversus is a rare congenital ailment in which the main internal organs are rearranged or reflected from their natural positions, and when both conditions are present, it is called situs inversus totalis. The majority of the people with situs inversus totalis are unaware of the situation they have because most of them are asymptomatic. It is usually discovered incidentally when they consult the doctor for an unrelated condition. We are reporting a case of a 55-year-old woman who was found to have a situs inversus totalis with an absent left kidney.
在胎儿期,心脏会翻转到右侧,而不是通常的左侧。内脏逆位是一种罕见的先天性疾病,其中主要的内部器官从其自然位置重新排列或反转,当这两种情况同时存在时,称为完全内脏逆位。大多数完全内脏逆位的人并不知道自己的情况,因为他们大多数人没有症状。通常是在他们因无关疾病咨询医生时偶然发现的。我们报告了一例 55 岁女性,发现完全内脏逆位伴左肾缺如。