Gastric volvulus as a complication of a left superior lobectomy in a patient with pre-existing hiatal hernia.
The case of a 75-year-old man with a history of hiatal hernia, who develops an acute gastric volvulus 17 days after a superior lobectomy of the left lung, is described. No similar cases were found in literature.
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
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D000368:Aged; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000601:surgery; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology