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Large Hiatal Hernia

  • Carolina C. Sousa, M.D.,
  • and Joana Duarte, M.D.

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An 81-year-old woman presented with vomiting. Chest radiography showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac position, suggesting a paraesophageal hernia. CT showed a large retrocardiac mass that was consistent with herniation of the stomach into the chest.

Carolina C. Sousa, M.D.
Joana Duarte, M.D.
Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal