Generalized peritonitis of appendicular origin with intraoperative finding of situs inversus abdominalis

Abstract

Situs inversus is a very rare congenital disease that affects one in 10,000 people. The revelation of situs inversus due to a peritoneal syndrome is an extremely rare event. Patients with situs inversus have a 0.016-0.024% incidence of acute appendicitis and generally present with some complication. We present the case of a patient with generalized peritonitis of appendiceal origin with a casual intraoperative finding of situs inversus abdominalis.