AN INTERMITTENTLY VOLVULATING PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA MIMICKING ANGINA-PECTORIS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
TIELLIU I WILLEMSEN P GERARD Y
Citation
I. Tielliu et al., AN INTERMITTENTLY VOLVULATING PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA MIMICKING ANGINA-PECTORIS - A CASE-REPORT, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, 97(2), 1997, pp. 81-83
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Acta Chirurgica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015458
Volume
97
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
81 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5458(1997)97:2<81:AIVPHM>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Paraoesophageal hernia is a type of hiatal hernia. The clinical signs are specific, different from those of the axial hernia. The diagnosis is often delayed. Once the diagnosis is made, surgical correction is m andatory. We present a new case of a patient with chest pain episodes who proved to have an intermittently volvulating paraoesophageal herni a.