BACKGROUND: We report one case of symptomatic aneurysm of infrarenal abdominal aorta in a patient symptomatic for acute abdomen. METHODS: The patient was accepted at the Emergency Care Unit and the routine admission tests were taken. US of the abdomen revealed a <<Situs Viscerum Inversus Totalis>> (SVI) disposition of the organs and an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta below the renal arteries. Patient underwent an aorto-aortic straight graft CONCLUSIONS: In this case-report we show SVI cannot be considered a problem in the surgical treatment of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm and "situs viscerum inversus": Diagnostic and therapeutic approach
OCCHIONORELLI, Savino;CARCOFORO, Paolo;
1998
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We report one case of symptomatic aneurysm of infrarenal abdominal aorta in a patient symptomatic for acute abdomen. METHODS: The patient was accepted at the Emergency Care Unit and the routine admission tests were taken. US of the abdomen revealed a <File in questo prodotto:
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