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Perforated Duodenal Ulcer in a Case of Situs Inversus Totalis in an Elderly Woman: A Rare Presentation

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Biswajit Barai, Sabuj Bala, Partha Chakraborty, Arnab Mandal, Ramkrishna Mandal
Department of General Surgery, B.S. Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India. 
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Biswajit Barai
Email: drbiswamck@gmail.com
Received: 07-FEB-2016 Accepted: 13-APR-2016 Published Online: 20-MAY-2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2016.0054
Abstract
Situs inversus is a rare congenital anomaly where the intra-abdominal viscus are reversed or mirrored from their normal position. When associated with dextrocardia it is termed as situs inversus totalis. Though patients are asymptomatic, when presented with any pathology, the transpositioned viscus poses diagnostic difficulty, sometimes catastrophe. First reported in 1986, we in this article perhaps are reporting the third case of situs inversus totalis that presented with peptic perforation. 
Keywords : Dextrocardia, Heterotaxy Syndrome, Humans, Situs Inversus, Viscera.
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