Incidental Finding of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus and Absent Left  Kidney: A Case Report

Sital Karki; Nasatya  Khadka; Basant  Kashyap; Supriya  Sharma; Samita  Rijal; Archana  Basnet

doi:10.31729/jnma.6825

Incidental Finding of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus and Absent Left Kidney: A Case Report

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Sital Karki Department of Internal Medicine, Kathmandu City Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-4273
Nasatya Khadka Department of Internal Medicine, Kathmandu City Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4981-4078
Basant Kashyap Department of Emergency Ward, Agrata Health Care, Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3560-4408
Supriya Sharma Department of Emergency Ward, Agrata Health Care, Koteshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-1573
Samita Rijal Department of Clinical Psychology, Trichandra College, Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 Department of Surgery, Capital Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal
Archana Basnet Department of Clinical Psychology, Trichandra College, Kathmandu, Nepal, 4 Department of Surgery, Capital Hospital Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-6362

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6825

Keywords:

case report, dextrocardia, renal agenesis , situs invertus

Abstract

Dextrocardia is an unusual inherent positioning of the heart: during fetal life, the heart is flipped to the right side rather than the usual left side. Situs inversus is a rare congenital ailment in which the main internal organs are rearranged or reflected from their natural positions, and when both conditions are present, it is called situs inversus totalis. The majority of the people with situs inversus totalis are unaware of the situation they have because most of them are asymptomatic. It is usually discovered incidentally when they consult the doctor for an unrelated condition. We are reporting a case of a 55-year-old woman who was found to have a situs inversus totalis with an absent left kidney.

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2022-02-15

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Karki, S., Khadka, N. ., Kashyap, B. ., Sharma, S. ., Rijal, S. ., & Basnet, A. . (2022). Incidental Finding of Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus and Absent Left Kidney: A Case Report. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 60(246), 196–199. https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6825

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Vol. 60 No. 246 (2022): JNMA: Published Monthly

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Case Reports

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