title: Intrathoracic stomach presenting as acute tension gastrothorax.
abstract: Total intrathoracic stomach creating pulmonary and hemodynamic compromise is a rare life-threatening complication in patients with hiatal hernia. The presentation and clinical course of this condition are discussed. Physicians should consider this entity in patients presenting with apparent tension pneumothorax without history or other evidence of trauma or positive pressure ventilation who do not respond to standard interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tadler
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013270:Stomach