title: [An unusual complication of hiatal hernia: perforation of an ulcer of the intrathoracic stomach into the left ventricle].
abstract: A case of gastric ulcer perforated into the left ventricle is described. A hiatus hernia was present and the ulcer was located in the intrathoracic portion of the stomach. The patient, a 76-year-old woman, died for massive bleeding into the gastrointestinal tract; the left ventricle was the probable source of the bleeding.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications*; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Una rare complicazione dell'ernia iatale: perforazione di un'ulcera dello stomaco intratoracico nel ventricolo sinistro.