Gastric Cancer With Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report With More Than Five Years of Follow-Up

Hussain A Al Jabran; Mamdouh Alnahawi; Mousa J Alhaddad

doi:10.7759/cureus.39512

Gastric Cancer With Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report With More Than Five Years of Follow-Up

Cureus. 2023 May 26;15(5):e39512. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39512. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Hussain A Al Jabran¹, Mamdouh Alnahawi¹, Mousa J Alhaddad²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Alahsa, SAU.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Dammam Medical Complex, Dammam, SAU.

Abstract

In Saudi Arabia, gastric cancer is a major health burden, ranking as the thirteenth most common cancer type. Situs inversus totalis (SIT), which is a very rare congenital anomaly, refers to a completely reversed location of the abdominal and thoracic organs (mirror image of the normal). Here, we present the first reported case of gastric cancer in an SIT patient in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and highlight the challenges faced by the surgical team in the removal of such cancer in this patient population.

Keywords: dextrocardia; gastrectomy; saudi arabia; situs inversus; stomach cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports