Incidentally Detected Situs Inversus Totalis in FDG PET/CT in a Case of Gastro-esophageal Junction Carcinoma: A Case Report

Authors

  • Koramadai Karuppusamy Kamaleshwaran Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited
  • Madhu Sairam Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited
  • Madhu Sairam Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited
  • Vyshak Mohanan Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited
  • Ajit Sugunan Shinto Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited

Keywords:

Situs inversus totalis, Gastroesophageal cancer, Staging, FDG PET/CT

Abstract

Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital condition in which the viscera are transposed as a mirror of normal arrangement. We present a 70-year-old man with Gastro-esophageal (GE) junction carcinoma who underwent FDG PET/CT for initial staging, in addition to hypermetabolic lesions in the GE junction, scan showed transposed heart, liver, spleen and stomach, suggestive of SIT.

Author Biographies

Koramadai Karuppusamy Kamaleshwaran, Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited

Department of Nuclear Medicine

Madhu Sairam, Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited

Department of Radiotherapy

Madhu Sairam, Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited

Department of Radiotherapy

Vyshak Mohanan, Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited

Department of Nuclear Medicine

Ajit Sugunan Shinto, Kovai Medical center and Hospital Limited

Department of Nuclear Medicine

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Published

2015-09-21

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015)

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