%0 Journal Article %T Situs invertus totalis in a child with chronic sinusitis %A Chinawa Josephat Maduabuchi %A Ujunwa Fortune Amuche %A Eze Chukwubuike Uzodinma %J Open Journal of Pediatrics %P 236-238 %@ 2160-8776 %D 2013 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojped.2013.33041 %X

Background: Total situs inversus, (also called situs transversus or oppositus) known as mirror image dextrocardia, is characterized by a heart on the right side of the midline while the liver is on the left side. Situs Inversus Totalis (SIT) is a congenital anomaly characterized by complete transposition of abdominal and thoracic organs. Patients with this anomaly usually lead a normal life. We report a fourteen-year old Nigerian who was found to have dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis while presenting for treatment for a different problem. Conclusion: Situs inversus totalis is a rare finding. This report underscores the need for routine screening of children so that such congenital anomalies can be identified and complications that follow it averted timely.


%K Situs Inversus Totalis %K Syndromic %K Rare %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=35961