Kısmet ÇIKI, Özlem Boybeyi TÜRER, Mina Gharibzadeh HIZAL, Gökçen Dilşa TUĞCU, Nagehan EMİRALİOĞLU, Ebru ŞAHİN YALÇIN, Deniz DOĞRU ERSÖZ, Nural KİPER, Uğur ÖZÇELİK

A rare cause of acute abdominal pain in a patient with Primary ciliary dyskinesia with situs inversus totalis

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, genetic disease characterized by ciliary dysfunction. Patients may present with respiratory distress during neonatal period; chronic sinopulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, recurrent otitis media, sinusitis and infertility in later periods. About 50% of PCD patients have situs inversus totalis and 6-12% have situs ambiguous known as heterotaxy syndromes. Herein, we present a case of PCD and accompanying situs inversus who had acute abdominal pain and was diagnosed with torsion of one of the multiple spleens. Evaluation of acute abdominal pain in these patients has great importance since the internal organs are not at their typical locations.

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