title: Hypoganglionic megacolon associated Chiliaditi's syndrome treated by subtotal colectomy: a case report.
abstract: In 1910, Chiliaditi described hepatodiaphragmatic interposition of the colon (Chiliaditi's syndrome). The condition is easily recognised on an antero-posterial chest radiograph. The interposed segment of bowel is usually the hepatic flexure of the colon. The degree of interposition varies from simple wedging to complete occupation of the right subdiaphragmatic space. The management is usually conservative and surgical intervention is rarely indicated. We present a patient with hepatodiaphragmatic interposition of the colon, associated with megacolon, requiring subtotal colectomy and ileosigmoid anastomosis for severe chronic constipation.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaymakçioğlu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yakut
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tufan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods*; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000473:pathology; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male