The vena cava was on the left side and passed into the
pulmonary cavity of the heart, which was also on the left side,
the aorta and systemic ventricle being on the right. The left
splenic vein was lying on the superior vena cava, the liver under
the left ribs, and the spleen on the right side underneath the
heart. The esophagus was on the right of the aorta, and the
location of the two ends of the stomach was reversed; the sigmoid
flexure was on the right side. Davis describes a similar instance
in a man.
Herrick mentions transposition of viscera in a man of
twenty-five. Barbieux cites a case of transposition of viscera in
a man who was wounded in a duel. The liver was to the left and
the spleen and heart to the right etc. Albers, Baron, Beclard,
Boyer, Bull, Mackensie, Hutchinson, Hunt, Murray, Dareste,
Curran, Duchesne, Musser, Sabatier, Shrady, Vulpian, Wilson, and
Wehn are among others reporting instances of transposition and
inversion of the viscera.
Congenital extroversion or eventration is the result of some
congenital deficiency in the abdominal wall; instances are not
uncommon, and some patients live as long as do cases of umbilical
hernia proper. Ramsey speaks of entire want of development of the
abdominal parietes.
Pages:
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557