title: Paraesophageal hernia in childhood.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, General Hospital of Nikaia Saint Panteleimon, Piraeus, Greece. thkoul@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koulopoulos
authors.forename: Spiridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kostelestos
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Christopoulos-Geroulanos
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mauridis
authors.forename: Nikoleta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalantzi
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Condilis
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Plataras
authors.forename: Kyriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skanavis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kerammidas
mesh_terms: 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