Uncommon cause of retrosternal pain
| Journal | Volume 79 - 2016 |
| Issue | Fasc.2 - Case reports |
| Author(s) | Baro Keno Deressa, Luc Bruyninx, Michelle Ngassa, Viviane Thill, Emmanuel Toussaint |
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| (1) Département de Gastro-entérologie, Service de Médecine Interne, (2) Département de Chirurgie Digestive, Service de Chirurgie Générale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium. |
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We present the case of a 54-year old male patient who was ad- mitted with severe acute epigastric pain, vomiting, and inability to eat since three days before admission. After having excluded car- diac and pulmonary emergencies, an oesogastroduodenoscopy was planned and showed a gastric volvulus. The patient was treated surgically allowing gastric decompres- sion, gastropexy and Nissen intervention. We discuss the case and describe the classification, the diagnosis, the etiologies and therapeutic options in acute and chronic gastric volvulus. (Acta gastro-enterol. belg., 2016, 79, 251-253). |
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