Im a med student and i was always thinking my 23 year old younger brother had situs inversus since he had no signs or symptoms (only heart sounds are heard in right hemithorax) . he was even wrestling professionally a couple of years ago .
three month ago he told me that he had cycles of nasal congestion for a while so i thoght about kartagener syndrome and primary ciliary dyskenasia but while he didn't have any signs in the last 23 years i didn't take it seriously.
but after he returned home yesterday he still had that nasal congestion and i could hear fine crackles across all parts of his left lung.(right lung seemed clear) so i decided to take a CXR finally !! and i was surprised when i saw the results !
http://pictub.club/image/KDdO2
im studying medicine for 5 years and i have never seen something like this before ! its not like a regular situs inversus ! the hear is right sided but its not mirrored ! also the seem to be bowel loops instead of stomach (he has no digestional problems) . and i cant say where the liver is based on this x-ray (althogh i can say the liver must be on the right side based on finger tapping)
so what do you think ? is this some sort of situs inversus ? why didn't he have any signs in the past 20 years ? should i still for kartagener syndrome