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Previous Volume 330:606 March 3, 1994 Number 9 Next

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View larger version (24K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Situs Inversus. A chest film was obtained in an 11-year-old girl who presented with pain and tenderness of the left iliac fossa. Chest auscultation revealed right-sided heart sounds. The position of the heart suggested situs inversus totalis. The left iliac fossa was incised to remove an acutely inflamed appendix. Other causes of left-sided appendicitis include situs inversus indeterminus (only the abdominal contents are transposed), a mobile cecum, and a very long appendix.

 

Allan D. Spigelman, F.R.A.C.S.
St. Mary's Hospital Medical School
London W2, United Kingdom

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