Case report reveals successful radical radiation therapy for esophageal carcinoma and highlights complexities of lung cancer treatment in a patient with situs inversus totalis.
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anatomical variation. This case report describes the first instance of a patient with both lung and esophageal cancer along with SIT. Additionally, it presents the first successful radical radiation therapy for esophageal carcinoma with SIT. The patient underwent a left upper lobectomy with lymph node dissection using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer in 2021 and radical radiotherapy for esophageal cancer in 2023.
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