title: Diagnosis of paraesophageal omental hiatal hernia by magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: We present a case of an enlarging retrocardiac mass lesion in which we observed the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of a fatty tumor with contiguous blood vessels extending from the abdominal portion into the thoracic portion of the tumor. These surgically verified findings provide an MRI indication of the presence of a paraesophageal omental hiatal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rockoff
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Aaron
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kathuria
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biben
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology*