Hideyuki Saito, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Makoto Sohda, Makoto Sakai, Hiroaki Honjyo, Yuuji Kumakura, Tomonori Yoshida, Takehiko Yokobori, Koji Kurosawa, Hiroyuki Kuwano
BACKGROUND: Hiatal hernias are common. In some reports, hiatal hernias have been implicated in causing dyspnea, syncope, and heart failure. CASE PRESENTATION: An 82-year-old woman with a hiatal hernia was admitted to our hospital because she had experienced postprandial syncope during the last few years. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed a large hiatal hernia and a pedunculated polyp of the stomach antrum that fit into the pylorus. An upper gastrointestinal contrast study showed that the entire stomach had relocated to the thoracic cavity and that the body of the stomach was located above the fundus, resulting in a so-called upside-down stomach...
December 13, 2017: Surgical Case Reports