Paraesophageal hernia in childhood.
OBJECTIVE
Paraesophageal hernia is a particularly rare condition in childhood. Sometimes it is possible to have an asymptomatic course and to be discovered incidentally. Anyway there are no more than 20 reported cases of which only two are well studied and documented to be real paraesophageal hernias.


METHODS
Patients were all over 4 years old except for our little patient which was 18 months old, the only infant reported with this condition. On the contrary it is the most common postoperative complication of Nissen fundoplication, which is the most commonly performed, surgical technique for the correction of gastroesophageal reflux in children.


CONCLUSIONS
The Authors believe that the presentation of this case with all its special characteristics will improve knowledge about this rare entity and add information about its treatment and surgical correction that are use full for all doctors that care children.
Koulopoulos
Konstantin
K
Department of Pediatric Surgery, General Hospital of Nikaia Saint Panteleimon, Piraeus, Greece. thkoul@yahoo.gr
Kostelestos
Spiridon
S
Christopoulos-Geroulanos
Georgios
G
Mauridis
Georgios
G
Kalantzi
Nikoleta
N
Condilis
Nicolas
N
Plataras
Christos
C
Skanavis
Kyriakos
K
Kerammidas
Dimitrios
D
D005260:Female; D018662:Fundoplication / Q000009:adverse effects; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016896:Treatment Outcome