CASE HISTORY / CLINIC:
Patient with retrosternal pains.



FINDINGS:
Contrast-filled sections of the stomach and cardia that have been displaced into the thorax can be seen after contrast administration with the head lying low. This means the esophagus empties above the diaphrgm into the stomach, the esophagogastric junction lies above the diaphragm.


DIAGNOSIS:
Sliding hiatal hernia

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