Laparoscopic Endoscopic Surgical Sciences

The rare reason of left upper quadrant pain: symptomatic cholelitiasis in a situs inversus totalis case [Laparosc Endosc Surg Sci ]
Laparosc Endosc Surg Sci . 2017; 24(3): 99-100 | DOI: 10.14744/less.2017.07379  

The rare reason of left upper quadrant pain: symptomatic cholelitiasis in a situs inversus totalis case

Hasan Calis, Serdar Sahin, Serif Melih Karabeyoglu, Nuraydin Ozlem
Department of General Surgery, Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine, Kırşehir, Turkey

Situs inversus totalis is rare embryologic anomaly. The diagnosis is usually made incidentally at some point in life during examination for other diseases. In these cases, it is usually difficult diagnose cholelithiasis during clinical admission as the pain is usually located in the left hypocondrium. Presently described is the case of a patient who was diagnosed symptomatic cholelithiasis with situs inversus totalis.

Keywords: Abdominal pain, cholelithiasis, situs inversus totalis.


Sol Üst Kadran Ağrısının Nadir Sebebi: Situs İnversus Totalis Olan Olguda Semptomatik Kolelitiyazis

Hasan Calis, Serdar Sahin, Serif Melih Karabeyoglu, Nuraydin Ozlem
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Genel Cerrahi Ana Bilim Dalı, Kırşehir

Situs inversus totalis is rare embryologic anomaly. The diagnosis is usually made incidentally at a point in life during examinations for other diseases. In such cases, it is usually difficult diagnose cholelithiasis during clinical admission as the pain is usually located in the left hypocondrium. In this paper, we presented a patient who diagnosed symptomatic cholelithiasis with situs inversus totalis.

Anahtar Kelimeler: karın ağrısı, kolelitiyazis, situs inversus totalis


Hasan Calis, Serdar Sahin, Serif Melih Karabeyoglu, Nuraydin Ozlem. The rare reason of left upper quadrant pain: symptomatic cholelitiasis in a situs inversus totalis case. Laparosc Endosc Surg Sci . 2017; 24(3): 99-100

Corresponding Author: Hasan Calis, Türkiye


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