Gastric mesenteroaxial volvulus with partial eventration of left hemidiaphragm: A rare case report.
BACKGROUND
Eventration of diaphragm associated with gastric volvulus is an uncommon condition.


METHODS
We reporting a case of a 16-year-old male having left sided diaphragmatic eventration associated with acute mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus. The patient presented with acute pain abdomen and upper abdomen fullness. Plication of left hemidiaphragm with anterior gastropexy was performed through an abdominal approach. Postoperatively the patient's recover uneventfully.


CONCLUSIONS
Symptomatic gastric volvulus associated with diaphragmatic eventration is a surgical emergency and always requires surgical repair.
Senior Resident General Surgery, New PG Hostel Room no. 28, Sardar Patel Medical College Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: prabhusinwar@gmail.com.
Prabhu Dayal
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Sinwar
Diaphragmatic eventration; Gastric volvulus; Gastropexy