Background:
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare genetic congenital disease, characterized with complete right-to-left inversion of all the internal organs. We herein describe a meaningful case which was diagnosed as gallbladder adenosquamous carcinoma, a rare histology type of gallbladder cancer, with SIT.
Case presentation:
A 59-year-old Chinese woman was admitted for persistent epigastric distention and intermittent abdominal pain. The abdominal CT scan revealed a huge mass at the gallbladder bottom, involving the adjacent transverse colon and liver. En-bloc radical resection of the gallbladder cancer, including partial colectomy and hepatectomy with regional node dissection, followed by colocolostomy and Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy, was successfully performed. Pathology analysis indicated an adenosquamous carcinoma with positive adenocarcinoma markers (CK7, CK19) and squamous carcinoma markers (CK5/6, P63).
Conclusion:
The SIT anomaly might increase the risk of malignancies by sharing genome mutations, suggesting the importance of surveillance in the SIT settings.