When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Situs inversus is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, meaning that both parents need to ...

Because of the atypical "mirror image" anatomy associated with situs inversus, the gallbladder is on the left, whereas the stomach and spleen are on the right. Surgeons must be aware of this anatomy ...

There was a "striking increase" in the number of cases of fetal situs inversus at two Chinese obstetric centers after the zero-COVID policies were lifted in the country, researchers reported. From ...

Medical miracle: organs in Jack Eigel's chest and abdomen are all backward. Sept. 22, 2009— -- Jack Eigel, an active, vivacious 53-year-old, couldn't be more kind-hearted. But for much of his ...

Doctors in China are reporting a startling and unexplained spike in fetuses with situs inversus, a rare congenital condition in which the organs in the chest and abdomen are arranged in a mirror image ...

To describe a case of cervical myelopathy caused by hypoplasia of the atlas with situs inversus totalis, and to briefly review the pertinent literature. The history, results of examination, and ...

Medical students at Oregon Health and Science University think they found during an anatomy class the longest-lived person with transposed organs. Rose Marie Bentley lived 99 years without knowing her ...

Can a little girl survive with reversed organs and a rare heart condition? Jan. 22, 2007 — -- Nine-year-old Kay Salomon is the picture of health. She enjoys many activities like skateboarding, ...

A mother-of-five lived for 99 years with a 'totally backwards' body, doctors have revealed. Rose Marie Bentley, from Molalla in northwest Oregon, was discovered to have situs inversus with levocardia.

Situs inversus is a genetic condition that occurs when the internal organs are arranged as a 'mirror image'. It is thought to affect one in 22,000 people. Singers Enrique Iglesias and Donny Osmond are ...

Diagnosis of gallstone disease in patients with situs inversus is difficult, especially in those with an unknown history of this condition. Because of the eccentric anatomy of the left-sided ...