ABSTRACT
The Authors report the case of a patient admitted in Emergency Room for biliary colic. She knew her dextrocardia. ECG and chest X-ray confirmed the dextrocardia. Ultrasonography and CT scan discovered a situs viscerum inversus totalis and cholecystolithiasis responsible of the abdominal colic. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed. The Authors discuss the clinical case and the particular technique used.
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Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic/methods , Cholecystolithiasis/diagnosis , Cholecystolithiasis/surgery , Situs Inversus/diagnosis , Situs Inversus/surgery , Aged , Cholecystolithiasis/complications , Dextrocardia/diagnosis , Dextrocardia/surgery , Electrocardiography , Female , Humans , Situs Inversus/complications , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
A method combining alizarin red and a modified silver stain for reticulum fibers in tissue sections is described. The method allows precise localization of calcium deposits and crystals in relation to epithelial and interstitial connective tissue elements. The deposits and their spatial relationships are clearly discernible by light microscopy, especially with polarization. The method is particularly useful for investigating calculogenesis and may prove to be of value in the study of the mechanism and evolution of pathologic calcification in various organs.
