Acute appendicitis in a patient with heterotaxy syndrome

We present a case of a young male that was unaware of his heterotaxy syndrome. He presented with atypical signs of appendicitis secondary to an abnormal position of his appendix. Incidentally, his rare and fairly unheard of condition, heterotaxy syndrome, was only discovered because he was afflicted with a well-known and common condition, appendicitis.
Source: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports - Category: Surgery Source Type: research