Dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis in a Tanzanian male cadaver:A rare variation

Lufukuja, George J.

Dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis in a Tanzanian male cadaver:A rare variation

dc.contributor.author	Lufukuja, George J.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-14T10:58:40Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-14T10:58:40Z
dc.date.issued	2016-09-30
dc.description.abstract	Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus is a rare heart condition characterized by not only variant positioning of the heart, but also the mirror-image reversal of the organs in the chest and abdominal cavity. Dextrocardia with Situs inversus totalis was detected incidentally in a 30-35-year-old male cadaver in our daily routine dissection for undergraduate medical students. We found that the right lung was bi-lobed and had a cardiac notch while the left lung had three lobes. The liver and gallbladder were positioned on left and the spleen on the right. The arch of aorta passed posteriorly to the right and azygous vein arched on the left bronchus to enter the superior vena cava on the left side. Situs inversus, though rare condition, is dangerous if not diagnosed prior to surgery.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Lufukuja, G.J., 2016. Dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis in a Tanzanian male cadaver: a rare variation.International Journal of Anatomy and Research, 4(3), pp.2775-77.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2016.263
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/219
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Journal of Anatomy and Research	en_US
dc.subject	Dextrocardia	en_US
dc.subject	Situs Inversus	en_US
dc.subject	Situs Inversus Totalis	en_US
dc.title	Dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis in a Tanzanian male cadaver:A rare variation	en_US
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dc.type	Article	en_US