Naohiro Hirano, Masahiro Iseki, Kei Nakagawa, Masamichi Mizuma, Takashi Kamei, Ryotaro Matsumoto, Shin Miura, Kiyoshi Kume, Atsushi Masamune, Michiaki Unno
Situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital malformation in which organs are positioned in a mirror-image relationship to normal conditions. It often presents with vascular and biliary malformations. Only a few reports have pointed out the surgical difficulties in patients with situs inversus totalis, especially in those with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. This report describes a 66-year-old male patient who underwent left hemihepatectomy (S5, 6, 7, and 8) with combined resection of the caudate lobe (S1), extrahepatic bile duct, and regional lymph nodes for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma with situs inversus totalis...
April 12, 2024: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology