Multiple Cardiac Anomalies with Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus

Situs inversus with dextrocardia with multiple cardiac lesions in adult.

Situs inversus with dextrocardia is the malposition most likely to occur with structurally normal heart; generally discovered on routine chest x-ray or physical examination performed for other reasons. These persons experience normal longevity of life and have similar risk of getting acquired disease as that of other person of same age and sex group. Symptoms related to acquired disorder may al...

Dextrocardia with situs inversus: a case report.

We present a 24-year-old lady who reported at the radiology department, UBTH Benin City for a chest radiograph, as part of her pre-employment medical examination. She was asymptomatic, her past medical history was not significant and physical examination revealed an apex beat located on the 5th right intercoastal space. The chest radiograph confirmed dextrocardia and also revealed the gastric a...

Dextrocardia and isolated laevocardia. II. Situs inversus and isolated dextrocardia.

Recently, we have reported 20 cases of isolated 1lvocardia (Campbell and Deuchar, 1965), and here we are describing 33 cases of dextrocardia with malformations of the heart. These are nearly always present when the heart is on the right side without inversion of the abdominal viscera (isolated dextrocardia), as they are with isolated levocardia: generally they produce a right-to-left shunt and ...

Dextrocardia and Situs inversus in a dog

Aim: The aim of this study was to report a case of dextrocardia with Situs inversus totalis. Case History and Observation: A nine-year-old male Cocker Spaniels dog was referred for cardiologic evaluation due to non-productive cough. Thoracic radiography and ultrasound examination showed the reversed position not only of the heart but also of the abdominal organs such as liver and gallbladder, s...

Dextrocardia, situs inversus totalis and appendicular abscess.