“A Large Hiatal Hernia”: Atypical Presentation of Gastric Volvulus

Gastric volvulus is a rare condition defined as an abnormal rotation of the stomach by more than 180 degrees. Gastric volvulus could present atypically with simply nausea and vomiting. A high index of suspicion is required for prompt diagnosis and treatment, especially when a patient presents with s...

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Autores principales: Kiyani, Amirali, Khosla, Manraj, Anufreichik, Veronika, Chuang, Keng-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849321
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.2.31075
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author Kiyani, Amirali
Khosla, Manraj
Anufreichik, Veronika
Chuang, Keng-Yu
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Anufreichik, Veronika
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description Gastric volvulus is a rare condition defined as an abnormal rotation of the stomach by more than 180 degrees. Gastric volvulus could present atypically with simply nausea and vomiting. A high index of suspicion is required for prompt diagnosis and treatment, especially when a patient presents with subacute intermittent gastric volvulus. Here, we present the case of a 56-year-old female with lung cancer status post left lower lobectomy undergoing chemotherapy who presented with intermittent nausea and upper abdominal pain for a few weeks. Barium study and computed tomography revealed acute mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus and she was treated with urgent surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-59651662018-05-30 “A Large Hiatal Hernia”: Atypical Presentation of Gastric Volvulus Kiyani, Amirali Khosla, Manraj Anufreichik, Veronika Chuang, Keng-Yu Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Gastric volvulus is a rare condition defined as an abnormal rotation of the stomach by more than 180 degrees. Gastric volvulus could present atypically with simply nausea and vomiting. A high index of suspicion is required for prompt diagnosis and treatment, especially when a patient presents with subacute intermittent gastric volvulus. Here, we present the case of a 56-year-old female with lung cancer status post left lower lobectomy undergoing chemotherapy who presented with intermittent nausea and upper abdominal pain for a few weeks. Barium study and computed tomography revealed acute mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus and she was treated with urgent surgical intervention. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5965166/ /pubmed/29849321 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.2.31075 Text en © 2017 Kiyani et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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title_sort “a large hiatal hernia”: atypical presentation of gastric volvulus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965166/
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