Ingested foreign bodies and their removal via endoscopy from duodenum and colon in patient with situs inversus totalis

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a reversal or mirroring of the normal anatomic positions of the visceral organs. In this case, diagnosis and treatment of diseases is difficult due to the different position of the organs. With the more frequent clinical appl...

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Published inTurkish journal of colorectal disease Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 161 - 164
Main Authors Özkan,Zeynep, Bozdağ,Ahmet, Şahin,Abdurrahman, Gündoğan Bozdağ,Pınar, Alataş,Özkan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Türk Kolon Ve Rektum Cerrahisi Derneği 26.01.2018
Galenos Publishing House
Subjects
endoscopy
Foreign body
situs inversus totalis
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İstanbul
endoscopy
Foreign body
Yabancı cisim
situs inversus totalis
endoskopi
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Summary:Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a reversal or mirroring of the normal anatomic positions of the visceral organs. In this case, diagnosis and treatment of diseases is difficult due to the different position of the organs. With the more frequent clinical application of endoscopy methods today, there are also examples in the literature of SIT patients undergoing these procedures. Although the English literature includes case reports presenting the use of endoscopy in patients with SIT, none discuss the removal of foreign bodies in such patients. In this paper, we aim to present a case in which upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy were used to remove two sewing needles impacted at different locations in the digestive system of a patient with SIT.
ISSN:2536-4898
2536-4901
DOI:10.4274/tjcd.74508