[Perforation of a hiatal hernia after a high altitude flight].
We report the case of a 84-year-old patient who came to the emergency department for vomiting and epigastralgia which had occurred during an air flight. These symptoms were related to the intraabdominal perforation of a massive hiatal hernia on barotrauma due to high altitude.
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Service de Chirurgie, CH Molière Longchamp, rue Marconi 142 1190 Bruxelles, Belgique. Roselyne@yahoo.fr
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000401:Aircraft; D000531:Altitude; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D001469:Barotrauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology