J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)

Symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm and situs viscerum inversus. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach.

Year 1998
Occhionorelli S. Navarra G. Santini M. Carcoforo P. Sartori A. Pollinzi V. Mascoli F.
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Terapie Avanzate, University of Ferrara, Italy.
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 (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.