Volvulus of the stomach--an unusual cause of pulsus paradoxus.
A patient with a strangulated diaphragmatic hernia presented as an emergency and was noted to have pulsus paradoxus. The mechanism of this physical sign, previously unrecorded in association with an intrathoracic hernia, is discussed.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000503:physiopathology*