A Case Report of Situs Inversus Totalis With Ventricular Septal Defect: Flipped Physiology

2024 · doi:10.32388/j1zzl5
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This case report details the diagnosis and management challenges of a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis presenting with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect.

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The paper is a case report describing situs inversus totalis accompanied by a ventricular septal defect, emphasizing a “flipped physiology” presentation due to abnormal organ laterality. It uses clinical case description methods to document the patient’s condition rather than testing a hypothesis in a larger cohort. The main limitation is that, as a case report, it cannot establish generalizable cause-and-effect or prevalence. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Dextrocardia with situs inversus (situs inversus totalis) is a rare congenital condition characterized by the abnormal positioning of the heart and other organs in the thoracic and abdominal cavities. When combined with a ventricular septal defect (VSD), it presents unique challenges in diagnosis and management. Here, we present a case report of a patient with dextrocardia, situs inversus, and a perimembranous VSD, highlighting the diagnostic process and discussing available treatment options.
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