Case Report
Apr 07, 2026
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Situs Inversus Totalis Detected Incidentally in a Young Patient
Epidemiology and Health Data Insights, 2(3), 2026, ehdi034, https://doi.org/10.63946/ehdi/18323
Publication date: Apr 07, 2026
ABSTRACT
Situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the complete transposition of the thoracic and abdominal organs. We report the case of a previously healthy 21-year-old patient who was incidentally diagnosed with the condition at age 19, following an abdominal ultrasound requested on her own initiative due to a prior suspicion of an anatomical variation. The patient had a history of dextrocardia identified in childhood, without further investigation at the time. The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound, which showed complete inversion of the abdominal organs. This case reinforces the importance of early identification of congenital anatomical anomalies and their clinical relevance in diagnostic and surgical contexts.
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CITATION (Vancouver)
Santana LS, Modesto LC, Parreira AAD, dos Santos VM. Situs Inversus Totalis Detected Incidentally in a Young Patient. Epidemiology and Health Data Insights. 2026;2(3):ehdi034. https://doi.org/10.63946/ehdi/18323
APA
Santana, L. S., Modesto, L. C., Parreira, A. A. D., & dos Santos, V. M. (2026). Situs Inversus Totalis Detected Incidentally in a Young Patient. Epidemiology and Health Data Insights, 2(3), ehdi034. https://doi.org/10.63946/ehdi/18323
Harvard
Santana, L. S., Modesto, L. C., Parreira, A. A. D., and dos Santos, V. M. (2026). Situs Inversus Totalis Detected Incidentally in a Young Patient. Epidemiology and Health Data Insights, 2(3), ehdi034. https://doi.org/10.63946/ehdi/18323
AMA
Santana LS, Modesto LC, Parreira AAD, dos Santos VM. Situs Inversus Totalis Detected Incidentally in a Young Patient. Epidemiology and Health Data Insights. 2026;2(3), ehdi034. https://doi.org/10.63946/ehdi/18323
Chicago
Santana, Lilian Souza, Laura Campos Modesto, Ana Amelia Damasceno Parreira, and Vitorino Modesto dos Santos. "Situs Inversus Totalis Detected Incidentally in a Young Patient". Epidemiology and Health Data Insights 2026 2 no. 3 (2026): ehdi034. https://doi.org/10.63946/ehdi/18323
MLA
Santana, Lilian Souza et al. "Situs Inversus Totalis Detected Incidentally in a Young Patient". Epidemiology and Health Data Insights, vol. 2, no. 3, 2026, ehdi034. https://doi.org/10.63946/ehdi/18323
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