Open AccessSitus inversus Totalis: Always recall the uncommon
Author(s) -
Tsoucalas Gregory,
Thomaidis Vasilios,
Fiska Aliki
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2433
Subject(s) - situs inversus , medicine , recall , clinical practice , emergency physician , intensive care medicine , emergency department , surgery , family medicine , nursing , linguistics , philosophy
Situs inversus totalis has been reported as a rare entity. The detailed knowledge of the human structure and its anatomical variations is of great importance for the daily clinical practice and even more critical in emergency medicine. Such a condition may elude in routine patient evaluation or an urgent interventional procedure, with potentially fatal results.