X-ray of a child with situs inversus. Situs inversus means a seldom congenital abnormal position in terms of an inverted/mirror-imaged arrangement of organs and blood vessels. Apart from a dextrocardia one can also see the mirror-inverted liver in the left upper abdomen. According to its manifestations there are diffent types of situs inversus:
Situs inversus partialis
Situs inversus totalis: abnormal position of thoracic and abdominal organs
The case Situs inversus with kind permission of Dr. Frank Gaillard, Radiopaedia.org.
