Abstract

CRUZ ZAMUDIO, Iris Natalia; CAMPOS MARQUEZ, Guillermo Patricio; ESPINO GALVAN, Jorge Eduardo  and  VASQUEZ HERNANDEZ, Mario. Transoperative diagnosis of situs inversus totalis in a patient with complicated acute appendicitis. Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles [online]. 2020, vol.18, n.1, pp.64-66.  Epub Mar 22, 2022. ISSN 1870-7203.  https://doi.org/10.35366/92002.

A case of a 13-year-old male patient with a clinical picture of complicated appendicitis with transoperative diagnosis of situs inversus is presented. This clinical case highlights the importance of anatomical variations in surgery as well as how it affects the timely diagnosis of surgical pathologies.

Keywords : Situs inversus totalis; complicated appendicitis; appendectomy.