SITUS INVERSUS VISCERUM TOTALIS IN SIBLINGS*
Authors: EDWARD A. GALL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 May 1934SITUS INVERSUS VISCERUM TOTALIS IN SIBLINGSCASE REPORTSEDWARD A. GALL, M.D., VICTOR F. WOOLF, M.D.EDWARD A. GALL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, VICTOR F. WOOLF, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-11-1370 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany congenital abnormalities, being perfectly compatible with normal function, and, of themselves, causing no inconveniences are observed quite accidentally. Falling into this category is situs inversus viscerum totalis, or complete transposition of the viscera.Single instances of this finding in a family are sufficiently common to occasion no special comment. The statistics vary widely, depending upon the source from which the data have been obtained and the methods utilized in discovering the cases. To quote figures on incidence:Rösler18—Leipziger Path. Univ. Inst 3: 2,402LeWald9—(Recruits—physical examination) 1: 35,000(Autopsy) 1: 5,000(X-ray) 29: 40,000de Goff 3: 60,000Mandelstamm and...Bibliography1. BIANCHI S: Case report, Riv. med., 1927, xxxv, 189. Cited by RÖSLER,18 also by LICHTMAN10 in Pediatria 1928, xxxvi, 1221, which in turn refers to Riv. med. Google Scholar2. BRIMBLECOMBE SL: Transposition of viscera in two members of one family, Brit. Med. Jr., 1920, ii, 889. Google Scholar3. CLEVELAND M: Situs inversus viscerum; anatomic study, Arch. Surg., 1926, xiii, 343-368. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CURSCHMANN : Familiärer Situs inversus Viscerum totalis, Anat. Heften, 1919, Heft 171/73, 405. Google Scholar5. DOOLITTLE WF: Congenital dextrocardia, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1907, clvii, 662. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. HOFMANN AH: Familial situs inversus, Zentralbl. f. Chir., 1926, liii, 1633-1634. Google Scholar7. LANDGRAF : Nachtrag zum Artikel "Appendizitis und Situs inversus," München. med. Wchnschr., 1922, lxix, 1384. Quoting FRÖHLICH, T.: Forh. i. Medicinsk Selskab, 1920, Christiania. Google Scholar8. LEROUXLABBÉBARRET CRG: Inversion viscérale totale chez deux frères de 13 et de 7 ans, Bull. Soc. de pédiat. de Par., 1912, xiv, 297-299. Google Scholar9. LEWALD LT: Complete transposition of viscera, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1925, lxxxiv, 261-268. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. LICHTMAN SS: Isolated congenital dextrocardia, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlviii, 866. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. LIOTTA D: Situs viscerum inversus complicate a stenosi dell'arteria polmonare e comunicazione interventricolare, Riforma med., 1927, xliii, 869-872. Google Scholar12. LOWENTHAL L: Transposition of the viscera occurring in brothers, Lancet, 1909, i, 461. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. NEUHOF S: A case of congenital familial dextrocardia; with electrocardiographic curves, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1913, lx, 1064. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. OCHSENIUS K: Über familiären Situs inversus, Monatschr. f. Kinderh., 1920-21, xix, 27-33. Google Scholar15. REID DM: Transposition of the viscera occurring in brothers, Lancet, 1909, i, 717. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. REINHARDT : Ein Fall von Situs Viscerum inversus totalis bei Zwillingen (Rekruten), Deutsch. mil.-ärztl. Ztschr., 1912, xli, 931-934. Google Scholar17. ROGI E: Storia di una trasposizione dei visceri, Sperimentale, 1880, xlv, 376-378. Google Scholar18. RÖSLER H: Beiträge zur Lehre von den angeborenen Herzfehlern; über die angeborene isolierte Rechtslage des Herzens, Wien. Arch. f. inn. Med., 1930, xix, 505-610. (See p. 511 for list of familial cases.) Google Scholar19. SHERK HH: Total transposition of viscera, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1922, xxxv, 53-57. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 14, 1934.From the Pediatrics Service, Sydenham Hospital, N. Y. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Situs Inversus TotalisAngeborene Herz- und GefäßfehlerTRANSPOSITION OF THE VISCERA AND STERILITY IN MENAngeborene Herz- und GefäßmißbildungenDie Klinik der DextrokardienAN INVESTIGATION OF DEXTROCARDIA WITH AND WITHOUT TRANSPOSITION OF ABDOMINAL VISCERA, WITH A REPORT OF A CASE IN ONE MONOZYGOTIC TWINTransposition of viscera in siblingsErbpathologie des Verdauungsapparates 1 May 1934Volume 7, Issue 11Page: 1370-1375KeywordsAutopsyCongenital disordersInformation storage and retrievalPediatricsStatistical data ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...