Symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm and "situs viscerum inversus." Diagnostic and therapeutic approach.

BACKGROUND

We report one case of symptomatic aneurysm of infrarenal abdominal aorta in a patient symptomatic for acute abdomen.

METHODS

The patient was accepted at the Emergency Care Unit and the routine admission tests were taken. US of the abdomen revealed a <> (SVI) disposition of the organs and an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta below the renal arteries. Patient underwent an aorto-aortic straight graft

CONCLUSIONS

In this case-report we show SVI cannot be considered a problem in the surgical treatment of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms.