title: Gastric-emptying scintigraphy of type III hiatal hernia: a case report.
abstract: We present the case of a 76-y-old man with mixed (type III) paraesophageal hernia confirmed by endoscopy and CT of the chest who underwent a radionuclide gastric-emptying study that showed accumulation of the radiotracer in the herniated stomach and esophagus in the thorax and accelerated gastric emptying. A scintigraphic gastric-emptying study may be an option for noninvasively demonstrating gastroesophageal accumulation of tracer in patients with hiatal hernia.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Service, VA Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. wei-jen.shih@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Wei-Jen
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Primo P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Milan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging