Gastric Volvulus Following Left Pneumonectomy in an Adolescent Patient.
Gastric volvulus is a rare post-pneumonectomy complication. Although it has been described previously, published cases are limited to an older patient population. We report the youngest case of postpneumonectomy gastric volvulus to date, occurring in an 18-year-old male with a history of inflammatory myofibroblastic pseudotumor who underwent left intrapericardial pneumonectomy, and presented 13 years later with chronic intermittent mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus. While postpneumonectomy gastric volvulus is a rare occurrence, it should remain in the differential diagnosis in postoperative thoracic surgical patients presenting with chest pain.
Pediatric Surgical Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Benjamin A
BA
Farber
Pediatric Surgical Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Irene Isabel P
II
Lim
Pediatric Surgical Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Jennifer M
JM
Murphy
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Anita P
AP
Price
Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Sara J
SJ
Abramson
Pediatric Surgical Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Michael P
MP
La Quaglia
Gastric volvulus; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Intrathoracic tissue expander; Pediatric; Pneumonectomy; Thoracotomy