| Autor: |
Leitão B; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Maria Pia Porto, Portugal., Mota CR, Enes C, Ferreira P, Vieira P, Requeijo D |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie [Eur J Pediatr Surg] 1997 Apr; Vol. 7 (2), pp. 106-8. |
| DOI: |
10.1055/s-2008-1071065 |
| Abstrakt: |
Acute gastric volvulus in infancy is a rare disorder and a surgical emergency. Prompt clinical suspicion and radiological assessment are essential for this life-threatening condition. We report a 3-month-old female case, admitted for an initial suspicion of an intestinal obstruction. She presented unproductive retching, respiratory distress, epigastric distension and lethargy. It was not possible to introduce a naso-gastric tube. A radiological contrast study showed an occluded cardio-esophageal junction without passage of barium, two gastric fluid levels and a horizontally positioned stomach occupying the inferior portion of the left hemithorax, suggesting a left diaphragmatic hernia. Laparotomy revealed an acute mesenterico-axial gastric volvulus with a left posterolateral diaphragmatic hernia. The stomach volvulus was untwisted, the diaphragmatic defect was repaired after reduction of the herniated contents and no gastropexy was done. At 3 and 6-months follow-up examination the infant was asymptomatic and thriving. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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