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CASE REPORT article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Gastrointestinal Cancers: Hepato Pancreatic Biliary Cancers
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1513584
This article is part of the Research Topic Novel Approaches in the Management of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Cancer View all 5 articles
Case Report: Laparoscopic Resection of a Tumor in the Right Posterior Lobe of the Liver in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis
Provisionally accepted- Jinhua Central Hospital, Jinhua, China
Background: Liver cancer poses a major health burden worldwide. Therefore, surgical resection is an important treatment option for patients with liver cancer. In situs inversus totalis (SIT), a rare genetic condition, organs such as the heart, liver, spleen, and stomach are unpaired in the chest and abdominal cavity and their positions are opposite their usual positions.Case Presentation: We report a case of SIT with a tumor in the right posterior lobe of the liver in a 70-year-old man. This patient was successfully treated with laparoscopic resection.Conclusions: This case emphasizes that laparoscopic hepatectomy, comprising comprehensive preoperative preparation and fine intraoperative cooperation, is safe and feasible in patients with SIT.
Keywords: complication1, hepatectomy2, Liver tumor3, minimally invasive laparoscopy4, situs inversus totalis5, case report6
Received: 18 Oct 2024; Accepted: 07 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Yang, Luo and Mao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Genjun Mao, Jinhua Central Hospital, Jinhua, China
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