Bile Duct Cancer in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis: A case report.
- Author:
Sang Kuon LEE
1
;
Won Woo KIM
;
Hae Myung JEON
;
Eung Kook KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Situs inversus;
Bile duct cancer;
Bilioenteric anastomosis
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Adult;
Aged;
Bile Duct Neoplasms*;
Bile Ducts*;
Bile*;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Situs Inversus*
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2000;59(4):554-557
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Situs inversus, a left-to-right transposition of the normally asymmetrical organs of the body, is a rare anomaly that occurs in 1:5,000-1:10,000 adults. In the total form, the thoracic organs, as well as the abdominal organs, are completely reversed in a "mirror image" of their normal arrangement. Herein, we present a case of an adenocarcinoma of the proximal bile duct in a 68-year-old man with total situs inversus. Without any technical problems, he successfully underwent a bile-duct resection and bilioenteric anastomosis. He did well postoperatively, and after one course of chemotherapy, was discharged on postoperative day 12. A review of the international literature on this subject is presented.
