[Hepato-diaphragmatic interposition of the colon (Chilaiditi syndrome)].
The authors describe a Chilaiditi's Syndrome which they observed and supervised for two years. They consider its clinical picture, the essential elements for the diagnosis, the evolution and the therapy. In accordance with the pediatric literature the resolution was spontaneous, and this fact confirms the opportuneness of a therapy of wait, also to avoid an unnecessary surgical operation.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis
Interposizione epato-diaframmatica del colon (Sindrome di Chilaiditi).