Left-Sided Acute Appendicitis With Situs Inversus Totalis

Left-sided appendicitis is difficult to diagnose, but a delayed diagnosis may have a fatal outcome. We describe a patient case of acute appendicitis with situs inversus totalis and left lower quadrant abdominal pain. Unexpected faint heart sounds in their typical location and chest radiograph demons...

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Main Authors: Ryota Inokuchi, Ryuugaku Kaneshiro, Tomohisa Kamo, Tadashi Furihata, Takafumi Ushiku, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Mitsuhiro Kinoshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2023-03-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1064
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