Hiatal Hernia With Gastric Perforation

A 63-year-old male with a history of hiatal hernia presented with one day of hematemesis and acute peritonitis. Computed tomographic imaging revealed perigastric pneumoperitoneum concerning perforated viscus. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a Type III hiatal hernia with a perforated posterior gastri...

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Autores principales: Brummund, Dieter, Chang, Angela, Renda, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8380225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34434673
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16572
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description A 63-year-old male with a history of hiatal hernia presented with one day of hematemesis and acute peritonitis. Computed tomographic imaging revealed perigastric pneumoperitoneum concerning perforated viscus. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a Type III hiatal hernia with a perforated posterior gastric ulcer, which was reduced and repaired. This report describes a case of acute abdomen secondary to hiatal hernia, a rare presentation of hiatal hernia, along with its surgical management and postoperative care.
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spelling pubmed-83802252021-08-24 Hiatal Hernia With Gastric Perforation Brummund, Dieter Chang, Angela Renda, Michael Cureus Gastroenterology A 63-year-old male with a history of hiatal hernia presented with one day of hematemesis and acute peritonitis. Computed tomographic imaging revealed perigastric pneumoperitoneum concerning perforated viscus. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a Type III hiatal hernia with a perforated posterior gastric ulcer, which was reduced and repaired. This report describes a case of acute abdomen secondary to hiatal hernia, a rare presentation of hiatal hernia, along with its surgical management and postoperative care. Cureus 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8380225/ /pubmed/34434673 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16572 Text en Copyright © 2021, Brummund et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Hiatal Hernia With Gastric Perforation
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title_short Hiatal Hernia With Gastric Perforation
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topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8380225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34434673
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