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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