[Acute lithiasic cholecystitis, situs viscerum inversus, vena porta preduodenale (considerations on a clinical case)].

Authors report a case of preduodenal portal vein in a woman 68 years old with acute cholecystitis in situs viscerum inversus adbominis and levocardia. Surgery was difficult. They shortly analyze also etiology and clinical manifestations of situs inversus and PPV, with related malformations. They conclude that it is important to recognize the presence of situs inversus preoperatively and everytime suspect other anatomical anomalies.