Situs inversus totalis, oesophageal atresia and tracheo-oesophageal fistula.

To cite: Patel RV, More B, Sinha CK, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009955 DESCRIPTION A term baby girl had respiratory distress on first feed. She had cardiac impulse and heart sounds on the right side. Liver was palpable below the left costal margin with liver dullness on the left side. An orogastric tube got arrested at 10 cm. Chest x-ray showed the arrest of a replogal tube with its tip at T4 in keeping with oesophageal atresia (OA) and dextrocardia (figure 1A). X-ray abdomen demonstrated gas in the gastric bubble on the right side with liver on the left side suggesting situs inversus totalis (SIT) and bowel loops indicating a distal tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) (figure 1B). ECG confirmed dextrocardia with right-sided aortic arch and small atrial septal defect. She underwent left-sided extrapleural posterolateral thoracotomy, division of TOF and primary repair of OA uneventfully. She is asymptomatic and thriving well at 6 year follow-up. OA with TOF and situs inversus of the thoracic and abdominal organs is a very rare combination of congenital anomalies to find in the same patient. 2 More than 50% of infants with OA have associated anomalies. When a patient is noted to have congenital heart disease as part of situs anomalies including SIT, or if an atypical position of organs is noted at imaging evaluation, we recommend the patient to undergo chest radiography, abdominal ultrasonography, upper gastrointestinal study and abdominal CT. Learning points