Publication: Incidental Finding of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus and Absent Left Kidney: A Case Report
Date
2022
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Publisher
Nepal Medical Association
Abstract
Abstract:
Dextrocardia is an unusual inherent positioning of the heart: during fetal life, the heart is flipped to the right side rather than the usual left side. Situs inversus is a rare congenital ailment in which the main internal organs are rearranged or reflected from their natural positions, and when both conditions are present, it is called situs inversus totalis. The majority of the people with situs inversus totalis are unaware of the situation they have because most of them are asymptomatic. It is usually discovered incidentally when they consult the doctor for an unrelated condition. We are reporting a case of a 55-year-old woman who was found to have a situs inversus totalis with an absent left kidney.
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Sital Karki
Department of Internal Medicine, Kathmandu City Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-4273
Nasatya Khadka
Department of Internal Medicine, Kathmandu City Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4981-4078
Basant Kashyap
Department of Emergency Ward, Agrata Health Care, Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3560-4408
Supriya Sharma
Department of Emergency Ward, Agrata Health Care, Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-1573
Samita Rijal
Department of Clinical Psychology, Trichandra College, Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 Department of Surgery, Capital Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal
Archana Basnet
Department of Clinical Psychology, Trichandra College, Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 Department of Surgery, Capital Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-6362
Keywords
case report, dextrocardia, renal agenesis, situs invertus